Donna Parisi

Practice Areas

Global Head of Finance covering bank finance, leveraged lending, project finance, restructuring and insolvency, and structured products and derivatives. Derivatives Team Leader, Lead Industry Coordinator for Financial Institutions and spearhead’s the firm’s Family Office Group. Also leads Shearman & Sterling's FinTech Foundry, Shearman Women and a member of the Firm’s Executive Group.

Advises clients on the full range of derivatives, structured products, securitization, capital markets and commodities matters. In particular, helps clients develop and structure new financial products and has extensive experience in the negotiation and documentation of OTC derivative transactions across all asset classes. Has broad and deep knowledge of financial institutions, regulatory requirements and the evolving business landscape. Represents major financial institutions including Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Barclays, Citigroup, Morgan Stanley, hedge funds and other private investment funds as well as corporate clients.

Also spearheads the firm’s FinTech Foundry program, which supports the FinTech-related activities of firm clients and the wider global FinTech ecosystem including financial institutions, FinTech start-ups, accelerators and incubators, venture capital and private equity investors, and policymakers.

Career

Boston College Law School, J.D., magna cum laude

Vassar College, B.A.

Admission: New York

Personal

https://www.shearman.com/people/p/parisi-donna