Derivatives lawyer Colin Rice joins Jones Day in Singapore
Colin Rice has joined Jones Day as a partner in its Financial Markets Practice. He is based in the Firm's Singapore Office.
Mr. Rice is an experienced derivatives lawyer who has counseled clients on a broad range of financial markets transactions, with a particular focus on OTC derivatives, structured products, structured finance transactions, repos, and securities lending. He works with global investment banks, retail banks, funds, corporates, and service providers. He also advises on uncleared derivatives margin reform and collateral arrangements, default management, and the impact of global regulatory developments on derivatives businesses and documentation.
"Colin is an important addition to our global derivatives team. Asia is a fast-growing market with more and more netting friendly jurisdictions, and he is among the most experienced lawyers in the region on these matters," said Alban Caillemer du Ferrage, chair of Jones Day's Financial Markets department for EMEA and APAC. "Colin served as a director in the Singapore office of one of the world's largest investment banks. We will be able to work with our largest clients on their most complex derivatives transactions there. I am delighted to welcome him to our global group."
At Jones Day, Mr. Rice joins a team of nearly 320 lawyers worldwide in the Financial Markets Practice, who advise clients on the full range of complex cross-border financial transactions, regulatory matters, investigations, and litigation. The group represents a diverse client base of global financial institutions, issuers, borrowers, funds, asset managers, and fintech companies. Jones Day's Financial Markets Practice has helped clients close more than $1 trillion in financing transactions over the last five years, including many precedent-setting financings.
"Colin is a highly respected derivatives and financial markets lawyer here in Singapore and will provide our clients across the region with valuable insights to help them complete a variety of innovative financing arrangements," said Sushma Jobanputra, Partner-in-Charge of Jones Day's Singapore Office. "His robust experience in structured finance, derivatives, and securitization is a tremendous addition to our team. I am delighted to welcome him to Jones Day and to our Singapore Office."
Mr. Rice studied law at Gonville and Caius College at the University of Cambridge. He has been recognized as a leading capital markets lawyer by Chambers Asia and The Legal 500, and has won "Asia-Pacific Deal of the Year" awards presented by Project Finance International and IJGlobal.
"I was attracted to Jones Day because it consists of an elite team of lawyers who regularly work on some of the most important financial markets transactions for global financial institutions, funds, and asset managers," said Mr. Rice. "It is a great privilege to join this team and I am eager to collaborate with my new colleagues in Singapore and Asia-Pacific to assist our clients with their international derivatives and financial markets legal matters."
