Peter Zaman

Peter Zaman

Partner, Reed Smith

Peter is a transactional lawyer who practices in commodity derivatives, derivatives and structured products and carbon finance, and is recognised as a market leader in climate change, carbon trading and finance. His carbon specialization extends to all aspects of carbon finance, green bonds, emissions trading and sustainable commodity funds. He is an established authority on legal issues relating to emissions trading and has been involved in the area since the inception of the EU Emissions Trading Scheme in 2005. Peter advises on all aspects of over-the-counter, exchange-traded and structured energy derivatives and commodities, including collateral structures in commodity transactions and standby letters of credit. Peter’s commodity product suite includes LNG, base metals, gas, electricity and coal. Peter’s financial derivatives and structured products experience arises from his involvement in advising lenders, borrowers, issuers and arrangers in the context of the derivative aspects of project finance, real estate finance and capital markets products. He has been an active participant at ISDA and also advises on GMRAs, GMLSAs, prime brokerage arrangements and other structured derivative products.

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