Adam Topping is an associate in the law firm of McDermott Will & Emery UK LLP, based in its London office. He is a member of the Banking & Finance Group where he advises investment banks, hedge funds, utility groups and energy companies on a variety of cross-border transactional and regulatory matters.
Before joining McDermott, Adam spent 18 months in- house at a major UK based oil and gas company, working on a variety of international oil, gas and LNG projects, as well as assisting with the negotiation of energy documentation. Recently, he has spent 6 months on secondment at a major international investment bank, where he advised on a range of commodity derivative transactions, assisted with the negotiation of energy trading documentation, as well as advising on a number of cross-border regulatory issues in the EU and international energy markets.
Representative Experience
- Advising investment banks, hedge funds and energy and commodity companies in developing and drafting their aspirational templates and further negotiating a wide range of energy commodity trading documentation (ISDAs, EFETs, NBPs, ZBTs, GTMAs, IETAs, netting agreements and other trading documentation)
- Advising a large US hedge fund in relation to the launching of its European commodity trading activities
- Coordinating, reviewing and managing a multi-sector due diligence process across 80 jurisdictions for a leading US investment bank
- Advising an investment bank in relation to the restructuring and close-out of secured derivative transactions used to hedge forward gold price risk
- Advising a European investment bank in relation to its UK FSA regulatory requirements
Education
- College of Law, London, 2003
- University of Manchester, 2000
