LAWYER PROFILE

Chris Arnold

UK 2026

Jones Day

Ranked in 1 practice area

Capital Markets: Derivatives

UK-wide

3 years ranked

About

Provided by Jones Day

Practice Areas

Financial Markets

Career

Chris Arnold has more than 20 years of experience advising the world's leading investment banks, financial institutions, end users, trustees, service providers, and industry groups on complex cross-border transactions, regulatory issues, and disputes in structured finance, derivatives, and capital markets.

Chris's transactional practice covers OTC (over-the-counter) and exchange-traded derivatives, repos, securities lending, margin loans, structured products, and other risk transfer instruments linked to rates, currencies, corporate and sovereign credit, equities, commodities, funds, insurance risks, strategic indices, digital assets, and ESG (environmental, social, and governance) goals. He also advises on UK, European, and U.S. regulation of derivatives markets and legal risk management, including distressed situations and dispute resolution.

Chambers Review

Provided by Chambers

Chambers Guide to the Legal Profession

Capital Markets: Derivatives - UK-wide

Band 2

Individual Editorial

Chris Arnold is skilled at assisting with derivatives transactions. His transactional knowledge is complemented by his understanding of deal-related regulatory requirements affecting both the UK and US.

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Strengths

Provided by Chambers

He's super user-friendly, very good on the technical side and he's unflappable.
Capital Markets: DerivativesChambers Guide to the Legal Profession
He is awesome. He's very practical and marries the technical piece with the commercial piece.
Capital Markets: DerivativesChambers Guide to the Legal Profession