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Eduardo Barrachina is an associate in the Firm's Banking & Capital Markets Group in London and is an English and Spanish qualified lawyer. Eduardo specialises in OTC derivatives and structured finance transactions, covering different products and instruments. He also has sound experience on multi-jurisdictional capital markets deals acting for the arranger, both conventional (EMTNs, Certificates of Deposit) and Islamic finance (Sukuks and Islamic CDOs). In addition, Eduardo's experience also covers acting for the rating agency in CMBS and other structured finance transactions. His international experience includes 5 months in a top Indian law firm in Delhi in 2003. Prior to joining the Firm in October 2007, Eduardo worked in the finance group of an international US law Firm in London. Eduardo qualified in the international securities group of a leading UK law Firm in December 2005.

In 2008, Eduardo spent six months in the Firm's Frankfurt office dealing with English law aspects in international and German finance deals. Recently, Eduardo has returned from a two year long secondment at a leading French investment bank where he worked in the trading and derivatives group. During these two years Eduardo provided legal support to different global markets business desks, with a particular focus on master agreement documentation (standard and ad-hoc), credit derivative swaps (documentation and Credit Events), collateral support documentation, repurchase transactions and stock lending, synthetic securitisations and regulatory matters (most notably, new EU clearing legislation and Big and Small Bang Protocols).

Examples of recent transactions include:

Advising on the hedging structure of a CMBS transaction.
Representation of Nordstream AG in connection with the hedging of Phase II of the €9bn Nord Stream gas pipeline project. This transaction involved the negotiation of Hedging Agreements with a syndicate of various Hedging Counterparties.
Advising on the structuring of a new CLN/ELN Programme for a Russian financial institution.
Advising on the English law aspects under an issuance of Commercial Paper Notes by a German financial institution.
Advising the collateral manager in Scute Bali B.V., a managed portfolio CLO transaction.
Advising a German insurer in an issue of Schuldschein loans backed by a managed portfolio.
Advising a German financial institution in connection with the downgrade of the swap counterparty.
Advising Deutsche Bank Trustee Ltd in a credit lease receivables securitisation.
Advising Dresdner Kleinwort and HSBC as co-arrangers and dealers in connection with the US$1 billion London listed Sukuk Certificate Issuance Programme for Gulf Finance House BSC, and in connection with an issue under the Programme. This landmark transaction was the winner of the Islamic Finance News 2007 award for Best Country deal in Bahrain.
Advising Dresdner Kleinwort, JP Morgan, Standard Chartered Bank, UBS Investment Bank and Audi Saudi Arabia in connection with the US$2 billion London listed EMTN Programme for Global Investment House KSCC, a leading Kuwaiti financial institution.
Advising a US investment bank in the arranging of a US$15 million Islamic CDO.
Advising Standard & Poor's in Epic (Barchester) plc Commercial Mortgage Backed Floating Rate Notes.
Advising ING on the US$225 million Commercial Backed Floating Rate Note.
Advising on the update of a US$300 million Certificates of Deposit Programme for BankMed.

Bars and Courts
England and Wales, 2005
Spain (Colegio de Abogados de Barcelona), 2001

Education
LLM, King’s College London, 2004
LLM, University of Sheffield, 2002
University of Barcelona, Law, 2001

Publications
Sole author, Derecho del Mercado de Valores (Securities Market Law), Difusión Juridica y Temas de Actualidad, April 2011
Sole author, Considerations and rationale of the new EU legislation on clearing of derivatives, Spanish Journal of Securities Market Law, (Derecho del Mercado de Valores) 2001, No 9
Sole author, Fundamental Aspects of the new financial regulatory model in the UK. Economist & Jurist (to be published in December 2011)

Languages
Spanish
English

Citizenship
Spain

	Eduardo Barrachina
Download vCard Expertise Securitization Capital Markets Spain India Derivatives	Associate London T: + 44 20 7532 1554 F: + 44 20 7532 1001 E: *Practice Experience* Eduardo Barrachina is an associate in the Firm's Banking & Capital Markets Group in London and is an English and Spanish qualified lawyer. Eduardo specialises in OTC derivatives and structured finance transactions, covering different products and instruments. He also has sound experience on multi-jurisdictional capital markets deals acting for the arranger, both conventional (EMTNs, Certificates of Deposit) and Islamic finance (Sukuks and Islamic CDOs). In addition, Eduardo's experience also covers acting for the rating agency in CMBS and other structured finance transactions. His international experience includes 5 months in a top Indian law firm in Delhi in 2003. Prior to joining the Firm in October 2007, Eduardo worked in the finance group of an international US law Firm in London. Eduardo qualified in the international securities group of a leading UK law Firm in December 2005. In 2008, Eduardo spent six months in the Firm's Frankfurt office dealing with English law aspects in international and German finance deals. Recently, Eduardo has returned from a two year long secondment at a leading French investment bank where he worked in the trading and derivatives group. During these two years Eduardo provided legal support to different global markets business desks, with a particular focus on master agreement documentation (standard and ad-hoc), credit derivative swaps (documentation and Credit Events), collateral support documentation, repurchase transactions and stock lending, synthetic securitisations and regulatory matters (most notably, new EU clearing legislation and Big and Small Bang Protocols). Examples of recent transactions include: Advising on the hedging structure of a CMBS transaction. Representation of Nordstream AG in connection with the hedging of Phase II of the €9bn Nord Stream gas pipeline project. This transaction involved the negotiation of Hedging Agreements with a syndicate of various Hedging Counterparties. Advising on the structuring of a new CLN/ELN Programme for a Russian financial institution. Advising on the English law aspects under an issuance of Commercial Paper Notes by a German financial institution. Advising the collateral manager in Scute Bali B.V., a managed portfolio CLO transaction. Advising a German insurer in an issue of Schuldschein loans backed by a managed portfolio. Advising a German financial institution in connection with the downgrade of the swap counterparty. Advising Deutsche Bank Trustee Ltd in a credit lease receivables securitisation. Advising Dresdner Kleinwort and HSBC as co-arrangers and dealers in connection with the US$1 billion London listed Sukuk Certificate Issuance Programme for Gulf Finance House BSC, and in connection with an issue under the Programme. This landmark transaction was the winner of the Islamic Finance News 2007 award for Best Country deal in Bahrain. Advising Dresdner Kleinwort, JP Morgan, Standard Chartered Bank, UBS Investment Bank and Audi Saudi Arabia in connection with the US$2 billion London listed EMTN Programme for Global Investment House KSCC, a leading Kuwaiti financial institution. Advising a US investment bank in the arranging of a US$15 million Islamic CDO. Advising Standard & Poor's in Epic (Barchester) plc Commercial Mortgage Backed Floating Rate Notes. Advising ING on the US$225 million Commercial Backed Floating Rate Note. Advising on the update of a US$300 million Certificates of Deposit Programme for BankMed. *Bars and Courts* England and Wales, 2005 Spain (Colegio de Abogados de Barcelona), 2001 *Education* LLM, King’s College London, 2004 LLM, University of Sheffield, 2002 University of Barcelona, Law, 2001 *Publications* Sole author, Derecho del Mercado de Valores (Securities Market Law), Difusión Juridica y Temas de Actualidad, April 2011 Sole author, Considerations and rationale of the new EU legislation on clearing of derivatives, Spanish Journal of Securities Market Law, (Derecho del Mercado de Valores) 2001, No 9 Sole author, Fundamental Aspects of the new financial regulatory model in the UK. Economist & Jurist (to be published in December 2011) *Languages* Spanish English *Citizenship* Spain