Adam Lapidus is of counsel in the New York office of Gibson Dunn & Crutcher.  He is a member of the firm’s Derivatives practice group.

Mr. Lapidus advises clients on derivatives and capital markets transactions.  Representative products include equity derivatives, interest rate hedges, commodity derivatives, repurchase agreements, and privately negotiated FX and currency option transactions.

Mr. Lapidus focuses on structuring, documenting, and negotiating OTC derivatives transactions with complex credit support arrangements.  He works with clients on insolvency issues relating to close-out netting. He has considerable experience navigating the Dodd-Frank Act and the rules of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, the Securities and Exchange Commission, the National Futures Association, and bank regulators.

Mr. Lapidus is a regular speaker and author on derivatives matters.  He graduated from Fordham University School of Law in 2009 and from The University of Pennsylvania, magna cum laude, in 2005.

Mr. Lapidus is admitted to practice in the State of New York.