Leo Cha

Background

About Leo Cha

Trusted business partner with a diverse background in, and lead lawyer for, transactional and regulatory matters for a CFTC swaps dealer and broker-dealer/FCM affiliate. • Transactional expertise includes complex negotiations of structured products, FX prime brokerage, master trading agreements (ISDAs, CSAs), account control agreements, and related documents (confirmations). • Regulatory expertise includes NFA exams, Dodd-Frank Title VII, US prudential regulator uncleared swap margin rules, LIBOR replacement, and EMIR regulations. • Collaborate closely with front office, credit risk, collateral operations, pricing team, and other stakeholders in the US and London to promote business in a well controlled manner. • Member of various trade organizations (ISDA, EMTA, SIFMA, GFXD, etc.) Manage a team of negotiators of master trading agreements. • Extensive experience with swaps (cleared and bilateral), foreign exchange, repos, FICC sponsored repos, netting opinions, counterparty close-outs, new products, and policies and procedures.