Expert resume of Manuel Frey

Manuel Frey is a partner at Paul, Weiss where he serves as Global Head of Derivatives. With 20+ years of experience, Manuel regularly provides advice on the structuring, negotiation and execution of derivative, synthetic and financing products and the resolution of related credit, regulatory, legal and risk management issues.

Manuel Frey is a partner at Paul, Weiss in the Finance Group and serves as Global Head of Derivatives. Manuel focuses on a broad-based cross-border OTC derivatives, structured products and hedge fund practice. He is closely involved in the structuring, negotiation and execution of derivative, synthetic and financing products and structures and the resolution of related credit, regulatory, legal and risk management issues. He also regularly assists the M&A, capital markets, litigation, bankruptcy and finance teams with derivatives aspects of acquisitions, financing transactions and corporate restructurings. Manuel represents investment funds, corporate end-users and global financial institutions in the design and negotiation of OTC derivatives products and transactions including equity, credit, FX and fixed income products. He also counsels clients on the interpretation and implementation of various derivatives-related aspects of the Dodd-Frank Act and the changes to documentation and trading practices occasioned by the ongoing regulatory reforms.

Manuel has extensive experience negotiating and implementing OTC derivatives transactions and comprehensive derivatives documentation infrastructures, including ISDA Master Agreements and collateral arrangements, derivatives clearing documentation, repurchase agreements, master confirmation agreements, give-up agreements, prime brokerage relationships, distressed debt trading documentation and participation agreements from both the dealer and end-user perspectives. 

Manuel speaks and writes frequently on various topics. He authors the USA chapter of the International Comparative Legal Guide (ICLG) to Derivatives. Since 2014, Chambers USA has recognized Manuel in Derivatives, in which observers singled out his ability to explain the complex nature of derivatives in a way that non-experts can understand and describe him as “exceptionally skilled, knowledgeable and practical.” He also has been continually recognized in Chambers Global Capital Markets: Derivatives since 2014 for his work in derivatives, and by Legal 500 as a leading lawyer for his work in structured finance.