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Erika D. White
Ms. White is counsel in Davis Polk’s Corporate Department. Her practice focuses on advising banks, broker-dealers and other institutions regarding credit risks involved in cross-border derivatives and other complex financial transactions, including the enforceability of rights to close-out, net and liquidate collateral upon a counterparty insolvency, as well as issues in connection with broker-dealer insolvencies under the Securities Investor Protection Act of 1970 (“SIPA”). Her practice also includes the structuring and documentation of collateral and other credit risk mitigation arrangements for a broad range of transactions, including fixed-income, equity and credit derivatives, prime brokerage and secured financing transactions, and advising on the impact of the Dodd-Frank Act on such arrangements. Among the matters she has worked on recently are the representation of the joint administrators of Lehman Brothers International (Europe) in connection with their multibillion-dollar claims against Lehman Brothers Inc. in the largest SIPA proceeding in history and the representation of five banking organizations in their first living wills submissions. |
Bar Admissions
Education
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B.A., Swarthmore College, 1977
- with distinction
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J.D., Columbia Law School, 1981
- Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar
- Articles Editor, Columbia Journal of Transnational Law
Professional History
- Counsel, 2006-present
- Associate, 1981-1982 and 1986-2006
- Tokyo office, 1987-1992
News
Articles and Books
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Lehman Bankruptcy Court Holds Contractual Right to Triangular Setoff Unenforceable in Bankruptcy and Not Protected by Safe Harbors
Business Law Currents | Thomson Reuters