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John M. Brandow
As a partner in Davis Polk’s Corporate Department, Mr. Brandow heads the firm’s Derivatives and Structured Products Group, which includes over 35 securities and tax lawyers. He advises a wide variety of market participants – commercial and investment banks, issuers, hedge funds and institutional and individual holders of equity positions – on a complex array of equity-related transactions. |
Recognition
Listed as a leading capital markets lawyer in several legal industry publications, including:
- Band 1, Nationwide: Capital Markets: Derivatives – Chambers USA 2013
- Chambers Global: The World’s Leading Lawyers for Business
- Legal Media Group’s Expert Guide to the World’s Leading Capital Markets Lawyers
- IFLR1000: The Guide to the World’s Leading Financial Law Firms
- American Lawyer Media’s Corporate Counsel: Best Lawyers in Corporate, Mergers & Acquisitions and Securities Law
- Practical Law Company’s Cross-border Finance: Secured Lending Handbook
Professional History
- Partner, 1989-present
- Associate, 1981-1989
- Law Clerk, Hon. Irving R. Kaufman, Chief Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit, 1980-1981
News
Articles and Books
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Getting the Deal Through: Equity Derivatives 2016 | Law Business Research Ltd.
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The Davis Polk Financial Crisis Manual
A Guide to the Laws, Regulations and Contracts of the Financial Crisis