Olivia McDonnell

Associate Norton Rose Fulbright LLP

+44 (7595) 886302

London
United Kingdom
+44 (20) 74445392
London
United Kingdom
+44 (20) 74445392

+44 (7595) 886302

Olivia McDonnell

Olivia McDonnell

Biography

Olivia McDonnell is a derivatives and structured finance lawyer based in London.

She has experience of a broad range of capital markets transactions, with a particular focus on OTC derivatives, structured products and structured finance transactions. She advises global investment banks, retail banks, service providers, asset management firms and corporates on OTC derivatives, repos and stock lending, repackaging transactions, CLOs, derivative-linked debt securities, structured products, hedging and funding transactions. 

Professional experience

Representative experience

Representative experience

  • Advising multiple global investment banks in relation to repackaging transactions involving a broad range of underlying assets (including loans, hedge fund units, index-linked derivatives, total return swaps and derivatives linked to existing securitisation transactions).
  • Advising a syndicate of investment banks in relation to a syndicated repurchase transaction whereby a syndicate of banks provided US$3 billion to a central bank/monetary authority.
  • Advising buy and sell-side clients on the hedging aspects of large-scale financing transactions.
  • Advising a global investment bank on the provision of perfect asset swaps to issuers of collateralised loan obligations.

Admissions

Admissions

  • Attorney at Law, admitted in New York 2020

Memberships and activities

Memberships and activities

Olivia is the co-chair of our Women in Norton Rose Fulbright network and regularly leads and participates in social, inclusivity and gender initiatives globally across the firm.

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