Christian Pugaczewski

Practice Areas

Mr. Pugaczewski’s practice focuses on the development and structuring of financial products and the documentation of complex over-the-counter (OTC) derivative transactions.

He advises funds, banks, and other financial market participants in the development and structuring of financial products, and the documentation of OTC derivative transactions across all asset classes, including equity, fixed income, commodities, currencies, and crypto. Mr. Pugaczewski represents banks and corporate clients in relation to variable prepaid forwards, accelerated share buy-backs, capped calls related to convertible bond offerings, heat rate call options, synthetic CDOs, as well as all prime brokerage products.

His experience includes the negotiation of all trading documentation, including, among others, ISDAs, repurchase agreements, listed futures, prime brokerage agreements, and the OTC cleared addendum. Mr. Pugaczewski also advises his clients regarding regulatory developments, most commonly in relation to the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, and the related regulations promulgated by the Commodities Futures Trade Commission, and Securities Exchange Commission.

He is a frequent contributor to industry publications and was recently featured in Law360.