Kaushik Kumar Karunakaran
Associate Corporate & Finance
Languages
English, Hindi, Tamil
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Overview
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Experience
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Credentials
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Insights and events
Kaushik is an associate in the Derivatives and Structured Products team within the Debt Capital Markets group in London. Kaushik joined the team last year as a newly qualified lawyer and has already assisted on a range of debt capital markets transactions, including debt issuances, structured financing and finance-linked hedging (including securitisations and corporate lending).
Kaushik joined the firm as a trainee and gained a wide range of experience during his time with the team as a trainee. Kaushik is also a qualified lawyer in India.
Representative experience
A French investment bank on the 2023 establishment of its new Luxembourg CSSF-approved structured warrants programme
A supranational on currency derivative transactions with various African sovereigns
A major US investment bank on the annual update of its secured note programme
A leading US investment bank on a repackaging under its structured repackaging programme, and a buyback of index-linked notes issued under the programme
A German automotive financial services company on a public securitisation of its UK automotive receivables
Hedging banks and originators on the hedging aspects of public securitisation transactions
A French investment bank & Investment Bank on an issuance under its Structured Debt Instruments Programme that was listed in Hong Kong on the CMU
A Dutch bank as swap counterparty for the hedging relating to a syndicated loan facility
A French investment bank on the novation of its swap transactions under UK and German securitisation transactions
Credentials
- GDL and LPC, BPP University, 2020
- LL.M., International Corporate Governance and Financial Regulation, University of Warwick, 2017
- Solicitor, England and Wales
- Bar Council of India