Richard J. Lee
Overview
Richard J. Lee is a partner in the New York office of Crowell & Moring. He focuses on derivatives, finance, and distressed debt and claims trading. Richard is a CFA® charter holder. He has extensive experience advising investors and lenders in a wide range of alternative credit investments and structured financing transactions.
Career & Education
- University of California, Berkeley, B.A., 2002
- Columbia Law School, J.D., 2006
- New York
Professional Activities and Memberships
- Chartered Financial Analyst® (CFA)
- Korean
Richard's Insights
Firm News | 2 min read | 10.17.24
Crowell & Moring partner Richard J. Lee was honored with the 2024 Cornerstone Award from the Lawyers Alliance for New York. The recognition honors individuals and institutions that have made extraordinary pro bono contributions to help nonprofits improve the quality of life for thousands of low-income New Yorkers.
Client Alert | 11 min read | 07.17.23
SEC’s New Rule 9j-1 Signals an Assertive Derivatives-Policing Regime on the Horizon
Blog Post | 05.11.23
Representative Matters
- Represented investors in purchasing economic interests in “Risk Corridors” claims under the Affordable Care Act from solvent and insolvent health insurance companies.
- Represented hedge funds analyzing and advocating complex CDS credit events, including Sears, Caesars, Novo Banco, Argentina, and Greece.
- Represented global investment bank providing financing to investment funds purchasing funded and unfunded leveraged loans and making structured loans collateralized by distressed loans, bonds, and related swaps.
- Registered investment funds and hedge funds negotiating margin financing facilities and other prime brokerage financing transactions.
- Represented hedge funds providing liquidity solutions to holders of the Deepwater Horizon economic damages claims using bespoke financing and risk participation structures.
- Represented private equity funds and hedge funds purchasing and restructuring loans and interest rate swap claims against several distressed infrastructure projects, including Indiana Toll Roads and Texas State Highway 130.
- Represented investment banks and investment funds trading billions of dollars of insolvency claims against Lehman Brothers in the U.S., Europe, and Asia.
Richard's Insights
Firm News | 2 min read | 10.17.24
Crowell & Moring partner Richard J. Lee was honored with the 2024 Cornerstone Award from the Lawyers Alliance for New York. The recognition honors individuals and institutions that have made extraordinary pro bono contributions to help nonprofits improve the quality of life for thousands of low-income New Yorkers.
Client Alert | 11 min read | 07.17.23
SEC’s New Rule 9j-1 Signals an Assertive Derivatives-Policing Regime on the Horizon
Blog Post | 05.11.23
Insights
Celsius Networks’ Pre-Bankruptcy Warnings Highlighted Crypto Bankruptcy Risks
|09.01.22
The Journal of Bankruptcy Law
Cryptocurrency Platforms Three Arrows Capital And Voyager Digital Resort To Bankruptcy For Relief
|09.01.22
The Journal of Bankruptcy Law
Bittrex: Regulatory Enforcement and Macroeconomic Headwinds Lead to Another Crypto Bankruptcy
|05.23.23
Crowell & Moring’s Crypto Digest
Earn Accounts are Property of the Estate: Celsius Update
|01.17.23
upCrowell & Moring’s Crypto Digest
FTX Contagion – BlockFi Follows FTX and Others Into Bankruptcy
|11.29.22
Crowell & Moring’s Crypto Digest
Crypto Commingling: Celsius Examiner files Initial Report
|11.22.22
Crowell & Moring’s Crypto Digest
Richard's Insights
Firm News | 2 min read | 10.17.24
Crowell & Moring partner Richard J. Lee was honored with the 2024 Cornerstone Award from the Lawyers Alliance for New York. The recognition honors individuals and institutions that have made extraordinary pro bono contributions to help nonprofits improve the quality of life for thousands of low-income New Yorkers.
Client Alert | 11 min read | 07.17.23
SEC’s New Rule 9j-1 Signals an Assertive Derivatives-Policing Regime on the Horizon
Blog Post | 05.11.23