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Adam Topping is an associate in the law firm of McDermott Will & Emery UK LLP, based in its London office. He is a member of the Banking & Finance Group where he advises investment banks, hedge funds, utility groups and energy companies on a variety of cross-border transactional and regulatory matters.
Before joining McDermott, Adam spent 18 months in- house at a major UK based oil and gas company, working on a variety of international oil, gas and LNG projects, as well as assisting with the negotiation of energy documentation. Recently, he has spent 6 months on secondment at a major international investment bank, where he advised on a range of commodity derivative transactions, assisted with the negotiation of energy trading documentation, as well as advising on a number of cross-border regulatory issues in the EU and international energy markets.
Representative Experience
Advising investment banks, hedge funds and energy and commodity companies in developing and drafting their aspirational templates and further negotiating a wide range of energy commodity trading documentation (ISDAs, EFETs, NBPs, ZBTs, GTMAs, IETAs, netting agreements and other trading documentation)
Advising a large US hedge fund in relation to the launching of its European commodity trading activities
Coordinating, reviewing and managing a multi-sector due diligence process across 80 jurisdictions for a leading US investment bank
Advising an investment bank in relation to the restructuring and close-out of secured derivative transactions used to hedge forward gold price risk
Advising a European investment bank in relation to its UK FSA regulatory requirements
Education
College of Law, London, 2003
University of Manchester, 2000 | 