Jon Lindabury is a Partner in the Firm’s Corporate Department and the Head of the Firm’s Derivatives Practice. He advises private equity funds, investment banks, corporations, family offices and foundations on the structuring, negotiation and execution of derivative and other structured transactions, and provides regulatory analysis and advice on related matters. Some of Jon’s clients on recent transactions have included Blackstone, KKR, Silver Lake, BlackRock, JPMorgan, Goldman Sachs and Citibank.
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Work Highlights
- Over-the-counter derivatives entered into by issuers on their own stock, including repurchase and financing derivatives and convertible bond hedge transactions
- Margin loans secured by significant equity stakes of publicly-traded issuers, diversified portfolios of securities and/or debt securities
- Equity hedging and monetization transactions, including over-the-counter transactions such as forwards and collars and structured transactions such as trust-issued securities
- Loan-linked and deal-contingent rate, currency and commodity hedging transactions
- Leveraged acquisition and “stakebuilding” transactions
- Structured transactions in connection with trading book risk management and credit intermediation
- Total return swaps on fixed income portfolios
Education
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Columbia Law School, 2000 J.D.
Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar
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Vanderbilt University, 1995 B.A.
Jon Lindabury is a Partner in the Firm’s Corporate Department and the Head of the Firm’s Derivatives Practice. He advises private equity funds, investment banks, corporations, family offices and foundations on the structuring, negotiation and execution of derivative and other structured transactions, and provides regulatory analysis and advice on related matters. Some of Jon’s clients on recent transactions have included Blackstone, KKR, Silver Lake, BlackRock, JPMorgan, Goldman Sachs and Citibank.
Representative transaction types include:
- Over-the-counter derivatives entered into by issuers on their own stock, including repurchase and financing derivatives and convertible bond hedge transactions
- Margin loans secured by significant equity stakes of publicly-traded issuers, diversified portfolios of securities and/or debt securities
- Equity hedging and monetization transactions, including over-the-counter transactions such as forwards and collars and structured transactions such as trust-issued securities
- Loan-linked and deal-contingent rate, currency and commodity hedging transactions
- Leveraged acquisition and “stakebuilding” transactions
- Structured transactions in connection with trading book risk management and credit intermediation
- Total return swaps on fixed income portfolios
Jon has been recognized as a leader in his field by Chambers USA, which reports that he is praised by clients for having an “uncanny ability to find solutions to complex problems and is willing to work around the clock to complete highly complex transactions under tight deadlines.”
Jon received his J.D. from Columbia University School of Law, where he was a Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar, and his B.A. from Vanderbilt University.