About
Sylvie A. Durham is a Shareholder at Greenberg Traurig in the Corporate department. She has experience on both the legal and business sides of derivatives, private funds, complex financing transactions, and structured products. Prior to joining Greenberg Traurig, she was an investment banker and Head of Structured Equity Products at BNP Paribas, and before that a partner in the Corporate Department at Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP. She has been involved in over $20 billion in financing transactions between private funds and financial institutions since 2006.
Practice areas
CorporatePrivate FundsFinancial Regulatory & ComplianceFutures & DerivativesStructured Finance
Office
Expertise
OTC derivatives, futures and commodities contractsHedge fund formation and investment management advisory workLegal risk mitigation relating to financial instruments and trading operationsCLOs, structured finance and products and synthetic transactionsCommodity Exchange Act complianceDodd-Frank compliance relating to derivatives and investment managementBrokerage documentation such as prime brokerages, securities lending and margin agreements
Education
- J.D., University of Virginia School of Law
- B.S., Finance, magna cum laude, Georgetown University
Languages
EnglishFrench