Brian Foster is a Partner in Cadwalader's Financial Services Group and represents financial institutions in a wide range of transactional and regulatory matters. He represents both sell-side and buy-side clients in connection with financing transactions to funds of funds, hedge funds, private equity funds and mutual funds, including term and revolving loans, VFN facilities, repurchase, securities lending and prime brokerage transactions, and various derivatives, together with related currency and interest rate hedging arrangements. He also advises clients on the structuring, issuance and trading of derivatives and complex structured financial products, including equity-, fund-, rate-, currency- and commodity-linked OTC derivatives and structured notes. Brian also has significant experience advising global investment banks as to compliance with the Volcker Rule.