EDUCATION HARVARD LAW SCHOOL, J.D., Cum Laude, ***9
Activity: Harvard Law Review, Member, Board of Editors,
STANFORD UNIVERSITY, M.A. in Psychology, 1995-1996 (GPA:
4.0/4.0)
B.A. with Distinction in Economics &
Psychology, 1992-1996 (GPA: 4.0/4.0)
Honors: Phi Beta Kappa junior year initiate (2% of
class)
President's Award for academic excellence (1.5% of
freshman class)
Omicron Delta Epsilon, Economics Honor Society / Psi
Chi, Psychology Honor Society
Publication: Co-author, "Emotion and Aging:
Experience, Expression, and Control,"
Psychology and Aging, Vol. 12, No. 4 (December 1997)
- an APA publication
Activity: Stanford Chamber Orchestra, Principal Oboist
EXPERIENCE
Feb 2006 - Present Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, New York, NY
Senior Associate - Derivatives and Finance
. Represented portfolio managers, banks and investors in
connection with embedded derivatives transactions,
synthetic CDOs, credit-linked notes and other structured
products offerings.
. Provided advice on credit derivatives and related
counterparty default issues.
. Represented lender and borrower in loan restructurings
and analysis of asset-based lending facilities.
. Negotiated ISDA master schedules, CSAs, confirmations
and repos on behalf of hedge funds.
. Chief Judge Arthur J. Gonzalez, U.S. Bankruptcy Court,
Southern District of New York
Sidebar Law Clerk (June 2009 - May 2010)
Wrote legal opinions and performed research in corporate
bankruptcy. Analyzed fraudulent conveyance, preference,
claim allowance, equitable subordination, plan
confirmation and other issues.
Aug 2005 - Nov 2005 JPMorgan Chase, New York, NY
Vice President and Assistant
General Counsel - Equity Derivatives
. Drafted ISDA confirmations and provided advice in
connection with PVF and collar transactions.
. Attended ISDA meetings on fund-linked definitions and
variance swaps.
Mar 2005 - Aug 2005 FrontPoint Partners LLC, Greenwich, CT
Vice President and Assistant
General Counsel - Derivatives and Prime Brokerage
. Negotiated ISDA master schedules, CSAs and prime
brokerage agreements with dealers.
. Provided advice and reviewed documentation for credit
and equity derivatives transactions.
Sep 2003 - Jan 2005 Bear Stearns & Co. Inc., New York, NY
Associate Director, Legal Department
. Drafted, negotiated and/or reviewed ISDA documentation
for structured derivatives transactions.
. Negotiated/reviewed related collateral and parent
guarantee arrangements.
. Analyzed collateral and netting opinions for risk
management purposes.
. Provided legal and documentation advice to marketers and
structurers.
Sep 2000 - Sep 2003 Cleary, Gottlieb, Steen & Hamilton, New York, NY
Corporate Associate
. Commercial Finance/UCC: Drafted and/or negotiated
collateral agreements, guarantees, control agreements
and opinions for secured transactions, including
acquisition financings and securitizations.
. OTC Derivatives: Drafted or reviewed ISDA documentation
for interest rate and credit derivatives.
. Capital Markets/Structured Products: Represented issuers
in public offerings and private placements of equity-
linked, debt and structured securities. Prepared S-3
registration statements.
1999 - 2000 Law Clerk to The Honorable Charles Wiggins, U.S. Court of
Appeals, 9th Circuit, Las Vegas, NV
Summer 1998 Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison, New York /
Morrison & Foerster, San Francisco
BAR ADMISSION New York 2000
LANGUAGES Native fluency in Mandarin Chinese. Proficient in
Taiwanese.