Paul
Metcalfe

Paul is a trading and investments specialist, acting exclusively for the buy-side of the market. His clients include some of the world’s largest and best-known hedge funds, institutional managers and sovereign wealth funds. He also advises some of the market’s most exciting start-ups.

Paul advises on all aspects of the most complex and technical documentation and regulation that applies to trading derivatives, specialising in particular on:

• Prime brokerage arrangements;
• Cleared and uncleared derivatives documentation;
• Total return swaps;
• Funded and unfunded swap arrangements;
• Custodial arrangements; and
• Collateral structures,

in each case across all major established and emerging jurisdictions, covering a broad range of asset classes (including both traditional and digital assets).

Paul works closely with our international network of derivatives experts, and is a regular speaker at, and contributor to, industry associations such as the International Swaps and Derivatives Association (ISDA) and the Alternative Investment Management Association (AIMA).