Elizabeth Schubert

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LIZ SCHUBERT is a leading lawyer focusing on derivatives transactions for investment management clients. She is the founding member of Sidley’s Buy Side Derivatives practice and global co-chair of Sidley’s Derivatives industry group, which has grown significantly under her leadership.

Liz’s client list boasts some of the world’s largest and most prestigious investment managers. Her clients feature a comprehensive range of strategies, including long/short equity, private equity, digital assets, global credit, value, multi-strategy, and opportunistic. She handles a high volume of work for well-established managers as well as new launches. This experience gives her a unique vantage point for the terms top flight clients are able to obtain in their derivatives documentation for a diverse array of products. Liz values the opportunity to work closely with clients to understand their business priorities. This enables her to identify derivatives trading solutions that optimize profitability while managing contractual risks to obtain practical and effective results. Clients prize Liz’s guidance on agreements that include brokerage, digital assets, swaps, stock lending, futures, options, repos, and derivatives. She handles documentation for speculative investments, hedging purposes and structured financing vehicles.