Kelly A. Carrero

Kelly Carrero has more than 20 years of experience handling litigation, regulatory, and internal investigation matters. Her practice focuses on representing financial institutions, funds, corporations, and individuals in matters involving lending, securities, and other complex financial transactions, including commodities, futures, derivatives, RMBS, CDS, CDOs, CLOs, ETFs, and foreign currency transactions.

Kelly has represented BNP Paribas, Citigroup, Deutsche Bank, Goldman Sachs, JPMorgan, RBS, Wells Fargo, and various Lehman entities. She has handled matters in federal and state courts throughout the United States and before the SEC, FINRA, CFTC, and other federal and state regulatory authorities. She also provides prelitigation advice on documentation and risk mitigation, including in connection with ISDA-documented transactions. Recent representations have involved a wide range of issues including lender liability, ESG, cross-border, FCPA, and pricing benchmarks. She has represented clients in cases involving claims arising under securities laws, antitrust, CEA, RICO, contract, and tort law claims.

Prior to practicing law, Kelly was an NASD Series 7 registered representative and worked at Goldman Sachs. In addition, she acquired significant financial institutions experience during a secondment at Deutsche Bank. Kelly has been recognized by Super Lawyers and Legal 500. She is a member of Women in Derivatives, the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association, and the Derivatives & Structured Products Subcommittee of the New York State Bar Association.

Kelly is active with pro bono matters and has argued before the U.S. Court of Appeals for asylum petitioners. She co-heads the Firm's Hispanic lawyers' group and has served on committees for client affairs, recruiting, and inclusion and advancement. She also has served on several boards, including a nonprofit theater company based in New York.