Melanie Coppin Email & Phone Number

London, GB

London Area, United Kingdom

• Negotiating vendor contracts, SAAS agreements and agreements with technology providers
• Collaborating with IT operations and the transformation team for the implementation of new projects and regulatory changes to existing services

London, England, United Kingdom

London, England, United Kingdom

• Negotiated the shareholders’ agreement and subscription agreement under which the company raised $45m in a strategic round of investment as a result of the spin out from a nine bank consortium
• Drafted the user agreement and rulebook for the platform to facilitate trading of voluntary carbon credits
• Negotiated the sub-register agreements with a leading environmental and social asset registries
• Responsible for all legal operations including company secretariat and board… Show more
• Responsible for all legal operations including company secretariat and board governance
• Oversight of all commercial templates and negotiating a variety of commercial contracts (IT master service agreements, NDAs, technology licences, API agreements, MOUs, partnership agreements, etc) Show less

London, England, United Kingdom

• Legal advisory coverage to the fixed income and equities trading documentation team and Risk in EMEA and APACTasks:
• Provided advice in relation to EMEA ISDA and GMRA queries raised by the Fixed Income International Securities Documentation Group
• Provided advice on a range of UMR related queries including custodial documentation queries (securities agreements, collateral transfer agreements & account control agreements), collateral eligibility requirements.
• Provided advice on a range of UMR related queries including custodial documentation queries (securities agreements, collateral transfer agreements & account control agreements), collateral eligibility requirements.

London, England, United Kingdom

• Legal SME and negotiation support for the Prime Services Advisory legal team of a global investment bankTasks:
• Drafting and negotiating a range of English and NY law prime brokerage documentation including prime brokerage agreements, arranged lending and custody account agreements, global netting agreements, GMRAs, GMSLAs and.

London, United Kingdom

• Legal counsel on client migration project in connection with the sale of the global prime services business to BNP ParibasTasks:
• Designing, coordinating and managing re-booking and novation legal strategies
• Drafting swap transfer and prime brokerage novation agreements
• Determined the scope of engagement with the external legal service provider including negotiating fees and statements of work
• Worked with Transition and other Business lines to onboard new funds for… Show more Legal counsel on client migration project in connection with the sale of the global prime services business to BNP ParibasTasks:
• Worked with Transition and other Business lines to onboard new funds for migrating clients including preparing and negotiating prime brokerage agreements, master netting agreements, ISDAs, CSAs and portfolio swap.

London, United Kingdom

• Negotiating amendments to EMEA and APAC global markets equities documentation with a focus on international prime brokerage agreements with top tier hedge fund clients and legal firms for a Brexit repapering.
• Worked with Equities Business teams in EMEA and APAC to determine the scope of the Brexit repapering project based on contract due diligence, external legal counsel advice and internal Risk and Business sign offs
• Global Prime Finance Legal project point… Show more Negotiating amendments to EMEA and APAC global markets equities documentation with a focus on international prime brokerage agreements with top tier hedge fund.
• Global Prime Finance Legal project point person - liaised with Business and internal legal prime brokerage teams in EMEA & APAC (incl Australia) to provide sign offs for fall back negotiation terms and worked with.
• Prepared the EMIR Refit template CSA and Prime Brokerage amendment agreements
• Drafted and negotiated amendment agreements and notices for repapering of equities documentation incl collateral management agreements, research services agreements and securities lending agreements

London, United Kingdom

Providing legal advice on MiFID II compliance with a specific focus on the debundling of research including drafting, reviewing and negotiating research services agreements, amending commission sharing agreements and providing guidance to business and compliance on policy changes.

London, United Kingdom

• Prepared and negotiated loan linked ISDAs and CSAs to reflect credit terms, facility documentation (incl LMA agreements), intercreditor agreements and variation margin regulatory changes
• Prepared and negotiated ISDAs, CSAs, Master Confirmations and term sheets to support the FX trading desk

London, United Kingdom

• Prepared and negotiated CSAs and prime brokerage amendment agreements with EMEA, AMRS and APAC hedge fund counterparties to ensure compliance with the variation margin regulatory changes
• Proactively identified risks and coordinated approvals with credit, collateral, risk and tax departments – including obtaining signoffs for an amended playbook with pre-approved fallback positions
• Team management experience in providing training and ongoing support to 6 paralegals on prime brokerage… Show more
• Team management experience in providing training and ongoing support to 6 paralegals on prime brokerage documentation and CSAs derivatives. Show less

London, United Kingdom

Negotiating a range of prime brokerage documentation (including security and sub-custodian documentation), cross margining agreements, ISDAs, CSAs, PSAs and other ancillary documentation with EMEA and APAC hedge funds and prime flow clients for a strategic balance sheet migration project of the prime brokerage, prime finance and securities lending business.

London, United Kingdom

Advising on and settling claims in relation to the Financial Conduct Authority review of the sale of on interest rate hedging products (structured collars, swaps, simple collars and cap products).

London, United Kingdom

Negotiating and settling matters with counterparties arising out of structured finance, derivatives, repos, stock lending or prime brokerage transactions.

Managed an A$800m portfolio consisting of debt funded or equity investments in special situation/distressed businesses and infrastructure projects across retail, media, mining, energy & resources, logistics, healthcare and property sectors with total debt level or equity investment of between A$25m – 240m

Origination of bilateral, club and syndicated leveraged finance facilities with total debt levels of between A$50m - 450m for acquisitions by leading Australian (CHAMP, PEP, RMB Capital) and International private equity sponsors (CVC, KKR, The Carlyle Group).

*Drafted and negotiated ISDAs, CSAs, and PSAs and provided advice on netting and set off. *Drafted, reviewed and negotiated multi-option / multi-currency / multi-jurisdictional unsecured and secured debt facilities (syndicated, club and bilateral) including Loan Market Association documentation for Australian and international investment grade and.

*Negotiating acquisition finance facilities, working capital lines, refinancing of senior debt facilities and ISDA Master agreements, advice in relation to trade finance and foreign currency exposure and legal signoff for all advertising materials. *Management of a panel of external solicitors.*Provision of staff training on statutory and regulatory reforms.

*Reviewed, drafted and negotiated national and international debt facility documentation including multicurrency / multi-jurisdictional facilities (syndicated, club and bilateral), intercreditor agreements and security documentation, ISDAs and CSAs, commodity product and trade finance documentation. *Provision of staff training on new legislation.