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Bio

Michael joined Barclays Capital in 2001 working first as a derivatives lawyer and then as a senior structurer within the Complex Transactions Team, forming part of the Equity and Funds Structured Markets trading desk. Here, he specialised in the design and documentation of derivatives linked to mutual funds, hedge funds, equities and indices. Michael left Barclays Capital to join DRS in October 2010, where he has responsibility for the firm’s near-shore facility in Newcastle.

Michael is also responsible for the firm’s regulatory practice and has appeared as a panel expert in a number of industry events on such topics as Central Counterparty Clearing, Recovery and Resolution and CASS Resolution Packs.

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Telephone:
0203 617 6666
Email:
michael.beaton@drs-als.com
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Bio

Jonathan is the founder and CEO of DRS. He began his career in financial services at Barclays Capital in 1997. At Barclays, Jonathan held a variety of roles, heading the legal support for repo and equity financing (including prime brokerage), hedge fund sales and structured OTC derivative transaction management.

Jonathan also spent a year assisting in the implementation of guidelines, operating procedures and reporting processes for the Barclays Capital Documentation Unit (a global team that manages all master agreement negotiations). Latterly, Jonathan held the role of Director, Head of Structured Products managing a team responsible for the execution and distribution of structured products.

Bio

David joined Barclays Capital in 1997, working in the Legal department, gaining expertise in derivatives, capital markets and structured products. David went on to manage the Fund-linked Derivatives and Equity Financing legal teams, before moving to the role of Director in the Investor Solutions sales team for three years. This encompassed offering Fund-linked Derivatives and equity financing products to Barclays Capital’s top tier asset management and private banking clients.

David joined Derivatives Consulting Group as a consultant after leaving Barclays Capital in 2008, and was a joint founder of DRS in 2009, focussing on Document Outsourcing and Support projects as well as Legal and Regulatory Consulting.

Management & Head Office

We are practitioners first and foremost – our senior management and leadership have all spent large parts of their careers in private practice and in-house legal roles developing the skills and experience which drive our service delivery.

Alexandra Devenport

Operations Director

Ralitza Shiderova

Client Director

Nadia Malone

Senior Consultant

Claudia Goncalves

Senior Consultant

Paul Hands

Chief Technology Officer

Neve Pearson

HR Advisor

Ruby Palmer

Office & HR Administration Support

Jack Smurthwaite

Head of Marketing

Douglas Wood

Business Development Executive

Iryna Gorokhova

Head of Finance

Angela Nicholas

Finance Assistant

Adela Ionascu

Senior Consultant

James Coles

Senior Consultant

Robert Shaw

Senior Consultant

Jonathan Wilkinson

Senior Consultant

Joe Redbourn

Senior Consultant

Gabriel McArdle

Team Lead

Sarah Brun-Travel

Team Lead

Megan Handley

Team Lead

Ben Fraser

Team Lead

Celeste Chen

Team Lead

Connor Gaffney

Team Lead

Jasmin Guy

Team Lead

Emily Thompson

Team Lead

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