Richard J. Lee
Overview
Richard J. Lee is a partner in the New York office of Crowell & Moring. He focuses on derivatives, finance, and distressed debt and claims trading. Richard is a CFA® charter holder. He has extensive experience advising investors and lenders in a wide range of alternative credit investments and structured financing transactions.
Career & Education
- University of California, Berkeley, B.A., 2002
- Columbia Law School, J.D., 2006
- New York
Professional Activities and Memberships
- Chartered Financial Analyst® (CFA)
- Korean
Richard's Insights
Client Alert | 11 min read | 07.17.23
SEC’s New Rule 9j-1 Signals an Assertive Derivatives-Policing Regime on the Horizon
After nearly 13 years since its original proposal, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has adopted Rule 9j-1, a set of anti-fraud and anti-market manipulation prohibitions specifically designed for policing misconduct in security-based swap markets.[1]
Blog Post | 05.11.23
Blog Post | 02.22.23
Representative Matters
- Represented investors in purchasing economic interests in “Risk Corridors” claims under the Affordable Care Act from solvent and insolvent health insurance companies.
- Represented hedge funds analyzing and advocating complex CDS credit events, including Sears, Caesars, Novo Banco, Argentina, and Greece.
- Represented global investment bank providing financing to investment funds purchasing funded and unfunded leveraged loans and making structured loans collateralized by distressed loans, bonds, and related swaps.
- Registered investment funds and hedge funds negotiating margin financing facilities and other prime brokerage financing transactions.
- Represented hedge funds providing liquidity solutions to holders of the Deepwater Horizon economic damages claims using bespoke financing and risk participation structures.
- Represented private equity funds and hedge funds purchasing and restructuring loans and interest rate swap claims against several distressed infrastructure projects, including Indiana Toll Roads and Texas State Highway 130.
- Represented investment banks and investment funds trading billions of dollars of insolvency claims against Lehman Brothers in the U.S., Europe, and Asia.
Richard's Insights
Client Alert | 11 min read | 07.17.23
SEC’s New Rule 9j-1 Signals an Assertive Derivatives-Policing Regime on the Horizon
After nearly 13 years since its original proposal, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has adopted Rule 9j-1, a set of anti-fraud and anti-market manipulation prohibitions specifically designed for policing misconduct in security-based swap markets.[1]
Blog Post | 05.11.23
Blog Post | 02.22.23
Insights
Celsius Networks’ Pre-Bankruptcy Warnings Highlighted Crypto Bankruptcy Risks
|09.01.22
The Journal of Bankruptcy Law
Cryptocurrency Platforms Three Arrows Capital And Voyager Digital Resort To Bankruptcy For Relief
|09.01.22
The Journal of Bankruptcy Law
Bittrex: Regulatory Enforcement and Macroeconomic Headwinds Lead to Another Crypto Bankruptcy
|05.23.23
Crowell & Moring’s Crypto Digest
Earn Accounts are Property of the Estate: Celsius Update
|01.17.23
upCrowell & Moring’s Crypto Digest
FTX Contagion – BlockFi Follows FTX and Others Into Bankruptcy
|11.29.22
Crowell & Moring’s Crypto Digest
Crypto Commingling: Celsius Examiner files Initial Report
|11.22.22
Crowell & Moring’s Crypto Digest
Richard's Insights
Client Alert | 11 min read | 07.17.23
SEC’s New Rule 9j-1 Signals an Assertive Derivatives-Policing Regime on the Horizon
After nearly 13 years since its original proposal, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has adopted Rule 9j-1, a set of anti-fraud and anti-market manipulation prohibitions specifically designed for policing misconduct in security-based swap markets.[1]
Blog Post | 05.11.23
Blog Post | 02.22.23