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Christopher Schell

Christopher Schell

USA 2026

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USA

Practice Areas

Chris is a member of Davis Polk’s Capital Markets and Derivatives & Structured Products practices. He represents issuers and investment banks in equity and debt capital markets transactions and offerings of structured products, including synthetic exchangeable securities and other equity, commodity and currency linked products. He has extensive experience developing new financial products, including innovative offerings of units, warrants, exchange traded notes and proprietary indexes, for retail and institutional investors.

He advises on SEC, FINRA and other regulatory and transactional matters related to structured products, such as SEC comment letters, compliance projects and the impact of the Dodd-Frank Act.

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Chambers Guide to the USA

Capital Markets: Structured Products - USA - Nationwide

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Individual Editorial
Christopher Schell routinely advises on the issuance and distribution of notes linked to underlying assets, with areas of expertise including handling synthetic convertible notes.

Strengths

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  • He continues to be a leading expert in this space.

    Capital Markets: Structured ProductsChambers Guide to the USA
  • Christopher is responsive, thoughtful, creative and practical, with a sharp understanding of the current market and how it has evolved. He is also excellent at presenting and discussing complex legal issues, both to internal legal experts and to others who are new to the subject area.

    Capital Markets: Structured ProductsChambers Guide to the USA
  • Christopher is a legend in the structured products space.

    Capital Markets: Structured ProductsChambers Guide to the USA

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