Mark Mendez

Practice Areas

Mark is the head of Davis Polk’s Derivatives & Structured Products practice and a member of the firm’s Capital Markets practice. He advises investment banks, corporations and hedge funds in the structuring, negotiation and execution of a wide variety of financial transactions and securities offerings.

Mark’s work on securities offerings includes all types of exchangeable, convertible and equity-linked securities. Mark’s work in the equity derivatives space includes all types of over-the-counter derivatives, including forward sale agreements, structured stock buyback transactions, variance and correlation swaps, and other hedging transactions. He also advises clients on affiliate margin loans.