Ian Cuillerier is a partner in the Firm's Structured Finance and Derivatives Practice. Mr. Cuillerier has extensive experience representing investment and commercial banks, corporations, private equity funds and hedge funds in derivative transactions and structured investments. He also has extensive experience in representing and advising firms on derivatives regulatory matters, including regulatory changes introduced by the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act.

Relevant experience includes:

• Counsel to parties in structured finance transactions and their restructurings. Advised as to rights of parties under derivatives transactions upon such restructurings and rights of parties upon bankruptcies of counterparties.
• Represented parties in hedging and credit enhancement transactions and risk management structures involving derivatives, including total return swaps, credit default swaps, forward delivery agreements and others.
• Counsel to parties in hedging documentation in commodity transactions including emission allowances, power and fuel.
• Counsel to sponsor in various synthetic securitizations, catastrophe bonds and credit default swaps and other risk management strategies involving alternative risk transfer techniques.
• Counsel to swap providers and hedge funds in total return swap and credit default swap transactions in the fixed income market.
• Counsel to sponsors, borrowers, equity investors and lenders in the development and financing of manufacturing facilities, energy power plants and related assets.
• While practicing in Montreal, Canada, represented large institutional investors in connection with risk capital investments, and represented private corporations in connection with acquisitions and divestitures.

Bars and Courts
New York State Bar, 1996
Massachusetts State Bar, 1996

Education
BCL, McGill University Faculty of Law, 1995
LLB, McGill University Faculty of Law, 1995
HBA, University of Western Ontario, 1991

Publications
Co-author, "Lehman Bankruptcy Court Denies Contractual Right to Triangular Setoff," The Journal on the Law of Investment & Risk Management Products: Futures & Derivatives Law, Volume 32, Issue 2, February 2012
Co-author, "CSX Corp. v. Children's Investment Fund Management (UK) LLP: Disclosure Requirements in the Context of Total Return Swaps," The Journal on the Law of Investment & Risk Management Products: Futures & Derivatives Law, Volume 31, Issue 11, December 2011
Author, "Chartering through unnavigated waters - US considers regulating credit default swaps," complinet.com, December 2008
Author, "Amaranth Advisors and the FERC's regulatory authority," Journal of Derivatives & Hedge Funds, Volume 14, Number Two, August 2008
Author, "US Legal and Regulatory Developments: Prohibition on Energy Market Manipulation," Derivatives Use, Trading & Regulation, Volume 12, Numbers One/Two, May/August 2006
Author, "US Legal and Regulatory Developments: Validity of Commodity Futures Trading Commission's Policy Statement concerning swap transactions reaffirmed; CFTC Reauthorization Act of 2005," Derivatives Use, Trading & Regulation, Volume 11, Number Four, February 2006
Author, "US Legal and Regulatory Developments: Registration under the Investment Advisors Act 1940 of Certain Hedge Fund Advisors," Derivatives Use, Trading & Regulations, Volume 11, Number Three, December 2005
Author, "US Legal and Regulatory Developments: Financial Contract Provisions of the Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act of 2005," Derivatives Use, Trading & Regulation, Volume 11, Number Two, September 2005

Speaking Engagements
International Swaps and Derivatives Association's "Understanding the ISDA Master Agreements Conference," 'Documenting OTC Derivative Transactions and Recent Issues in Derivatives Documents' and 'Overview of the U.S. Regulatory Reform Legislation' Panels, New York, February 2, 2012
International Swaps and Derivatives Association's "Fundamentals of Derivatives Seminar," New York, February 1, 2012
The Canadian Institute's "7th Advanced Forum on Derivatives," 'Overview of US Regulatory Reform Legislation – Title VII of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act,' Toronto, Canada, January 24, 2012
RR Donnelley's "Hot Topics in Cross Border Securities Seminar," 'New Developments' Panel, Toronto, June 22, 2011
City Bar Center for CLE "Futures and Derivatives Conference," 'Impact of New Legislative & Regulatory Reforms' Panel, New York, June 10, 2011
International Swaps and Derivatives Association's "Understanding the ISDA Master Agreements Conference," 'Documenting OTC Derivative Transactions and Recent Issues in Derivatives Documents' and 'Overview of the U.S. Regulatory Reform Legislation' Panels, New York, June 8, 2011
International Swaps and Derivatives Association's "Understanding the ISDA Master Agreements Conference," 'Documenting OTC Derivative Transactions and Recent Issues in Derivatives Documents' Panel, New York, March 30, 2011
International Swaps and Derivatives Association's "Understanding the ISDA Master Agreements Conference," 'Documenting OTC Derivative Transactions and Recent Issues in Derivatives Documents' Panel, New York, January 26, 2011
International Swaps and Derivatives Association's "Understanding the ISDA Master Agreements Conference," 'The 2002 ISDA Master Agreement' Panel, Chicago, November 9, 2010
International Swaps and Derivatives Association's "Understanding the ISDA Master Agreements Conference," 'Documenting OTC Derivative Transactions and Recent Issues in Derivatives Documents' Panel, Washington, DC, October 27, 2010
International Swaps and Derivatives Association's "Understanding the ISDA Master Agreements Conference," 'Documenting OTC Derivative Transactions and Recent Issues in Derivatives Documents' Panel, New York, September 15, 2010
International Swaps and Derivatives Association's "Understanding the ISDA Master Agreements Conference," 'Documenting OTC Derivative Transactions and Recent Issues in Derivatives Documents' Panel, New York, June 9, 2010
International Swaps and Derivatives Association's "Understanding the ISDA Master Agreements Conference," 'The 2002 ISDA Master Agreement' Panel, Boston, May 19, 2010
City Bar Center for CLE "Futures and Derivatives Conference," 'Review of Existing Regulatory Framework for Futures and OTC Derivatives' Panel, New York, April 9, 2010
International Swaps and Derivatives Association's "Understanding the ISDA Master Agreements Conference," 'Documenting OTC Derivative Transactions and Recent Issues in Derivatives Documents' Panel, New York, March 24, 2010
International Swaps and Derivatives Association's "Fundamentals of Derivatives Seminar," 'Counterparty Credit Risk: Legal Considerations and the ISDA Master Agreement' Panel, New York, March 23, 2010
The Canadian Institute's "Advanced Forum on Derivatives Conference," 'Preparing and Responding to OTC Derivatives Regulatory Trends and Developments: What Steps Do You Need To Take?' Panel, Toronto, January 21, 2010
International Swaps and Derivatives Association's "Understanding the ISDA Master Agreements Conference," 'The 2002 ISDA Master Agreement' Panel, San Francisco, December 2, 2009
International Swaps and Derivatives Association's "Understanding the ISDA Master Agreements Conference," 'The 2002 ISDA Master Agreement' Panel, Stamford, November 10, 2009
International Swaps and Derivatives Association's "Understanding the ISDA Master Agreements Conference," 'The 2002 ISDA Master Agreement including Close-outs' Panel, Toronto, September 10, 2009
New York City Bar, City Bar Center for CLE, Corporate & Securities' "Developing Issues in Derivatives Law 2009" Panel, New York, May 18, 2009
International Swaps and Derivatives Association's "Energy, Commodities and Developing Products Conference," 'North American Oil Transactions' Panel, London, April 1, 2009

Languages
English
French

Citizenship
Canada