Debra Cook Email & Phone Number

Tampa, Florida, United States

Tampa/St. Petersburg, Florida Area

Currently retired.• Former lead attorney for all derivatives matters globally: business development, trade repository registration and on-going compliance, interface with key regulators, data access and data privacy issues, compliance with international and local regulations, formation of wind-down plans. • Counsel on Systemically Important Financial Market Utilities (SIFMU) Recovery and Resolution (R&R) team and formation of SIFMU R&R plans; advise on key issues related to transparency of risk management resources, end of the waterfall resources, recapitalization and resolution both from the perspective of reacting to member bank defaults and DTCC SIFMUs’ R&R plans. • Counsel on sale of businesses and establishment of joint ventures; established, dissolved and restructured DTCC subsidiaries in Europe, India and Asia. • Experienced attorney for transactional, contract, corporate and corporate governance matters, litigation response, and general employment/labor law issues, both in U.S. and foreign jurisdictions where DTCC does business, cyber security issues and regulations, data licensing, private placement, revolving credit facilities, membership agreements and intercompany financial and services contracts.• Member of Tampa site leadership team.• Liaison for Government Relations matters including hosting federal and state legislators; drafting comment letters on applicable proposed regulations; meeting with Congressional representatives and key government agency commissioners and staff to educate them on issues relevant to the company.• Multi-year member of Diversity and Inclusion Council and Business Continuity Steering Committee. • Multi-year member of Tampa Hillsborough Economic Development Corporation, Development Committee.

Tampa/St. Petersburg, Florida Area

• Advised derivatives and foreign exchange trading businesses. Negotiated contracts for collateral, netting, and accelerated share repurchase agreements. Skilled in ISDA, IFEMA, ICOM, FEOMA, PSA documentation. • Oversaw derivatives and foreign exchange documentation consolidation during merger between Salomon Inc. and Smith Barney and between Salomon/Smith Barney and Citigroup.

Greater New York City Area

• Legal Department’s derivatives attorney with responsibility for issues related to regulation of derivatives, securities and payments netting of supervised entities on both a domestic and global level. Represented FRBNY in market group meetings resulting in wholesale Transaction Code of Conduct.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

• SEC honors program in Market Regulation; Summer Intern in General Counsel’s Office. Authored reports on Federal banking agencies’ securities offerings regulations and on adhesion clauses in broker contracts.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

Washington D.C. Metro Area

- Drafted Presidential messages, speeches and Congressional testimony for Science Advisor to the president