Overview
Vlad Maly has a broad corporate practice, representing clients on general corporate matters, capital markets and derivatives transactions in the context of cross-border financings and acquisition strategies in the context of public M&A.
With his extensive knowledge in the equity derivatives field but broad corporate background, he delivers to clients cross-disciplinary advice covering wide range of products, including equity-linked capital market transactions, structured repurchase transactions and various monetization and hedging strategies involving listed and unlisted shares and LP interests, forward purchases, total return swaps, public and private convertible debt, back-leverage transactions and other hybrid instruments.
Vlad assists private equity firms, investment banks, corporates, sovereign wealth funds, asset managers and family offices with acquisitions and disposals of investments, non-traditional finance structures and portfolio risk transfers.
Results
- Represented an investment fund on a series of Variable Prepaid Forward transactions with a number of financial institutions to allow the client to monetize its stake in a listed company without selling the shares*
- Advised investment bank with respect to a prepaid forward stake building transaction on 5% of an Italian bank listed on Borsa Italiana*
- Assisted sovereign wealth fund in connection with a multi-billion syndicated margin loan backed by a portfolio of investments in listed companies and PE fund interests*
- Represented an investor in public convertible debt to structure an exchangeable note instrument sold to various hedge funds, allowing the investor to off-load part of the risk associated with the convertible exposure*
- Advised founder and CEO, holding concentrated position in several unlisted companies, on NAV-style facility providing liquidity to the founder in a pre-IPO context*
*Matter handled prior to joining McDermott
Recognitions
- The Best Lawyers in the United Kingdom, Derivatives, 2025
- Legal 500 UK, Recommended, 2023-2025
- Chambers UK, Capital Markets: Derivatives, 2022-2025
- Chambers Global, Capital Markets: Derivatives – UK, 2024
- IFLR1000, Capital Markets: Derivatives, Financial Services Regulatory, 2023
Community
- ISDA Financial Law Reform Committee, member
Credentials
Education
University of Cambridge, MBA, 2015
Tulane Law School, LLM, 2000
Charles University, JD, 1999
Admissions
England and Wales
New York
Languages
English
French
German
