Christopher Schell
USA Guide 2024
Band 1 : Capital Markets: Structured Products
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Band 1
About
Provided by Christopher Schell
Practice Areas
Chris is a member of Davis Polk’s Capital Markets and Derivatives & Structured Products practices. He represents issuers and investment banks in equity and debt capital markets transactions and offerings of structured products, including synthetic exchangeable securities and other equity, commodity and currency linked products. He has extensive experience developing new financial products, including innovative offerings of units, warrants, exchange traded notes and proprietary indexes, for retail and institutional investors.
He advises on SEC, FINRA and other regulatory and transactional matters related to structured products, such as SEC comment letters, compliance projects and the impact of the Dodd-Frank Act.
Chambers Review
USA
Christopher Schell routinely advises on the issuance and distribution of notes linked to underlying assets, with areas of expertise including handling synthetic convertible notes.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Chris is an excellent attorney and exceptionally competent in the area of structured products."
"He is thoughtful, creative and practical. Chris is also excellent at presenting and discussing complex legal matters."
"Chris is knowledgeable and readily available to inform us, which is incredibly helpful."
"Chris is an excellent attorney and exceptionally competent in the area of structured products."
"He is thoughtful, creative and practical. Chris is also excellent at presenting and discussing complex legal matters."
"Chris is knowledgeable and readily available to inform us, which is incredibly helpful."