Patrick Calves is a partner in the firm’s Finance Group. He counsels clients on a variety of bilateral and syndicated financing structures, including term loans, liquidity lines, NAV facilities, subscription facilities, hybrid facilities, margin loans and repurchase, securities lending and prime brokerage facilities. Calves’s practice includes work on structures involving a variety of non-standard collateral, such as hedge fund interests, private equity fund interests, capital contribution obligations and restricted stock positions.
Lawdragon Honors
| Honor | Year | Practice |
|---|---|---|
| The 2026 Lawdragon 500 X – The Next Generation | 2026 | Derivatives & Structured Products |
| The 2025 Lawdragon 500 X – The Next Generation | 2025 | Derivatives & Structured Products |
| The 2024 Lawdragon 500 X – The Next Generation | 2024 | Derivatives & Structured Products |
| Lawdragon 500 X – The Next Generation | 2023 | Derivatives & Structured Products |
Calves also counsels both financial institutions and “buy-side” market participants on a variety of regulatory and compliance issues relating to securities and derivatives trading. This includes, inter alia, advice as to numerous aspects of swap regulatory issues arising under Title VII of the Dodd-Frank Act. Calves also has substantial experience in the structuring and trading of complex derivatives and structured financial products as well as drafting and negotiating trading and collateral documentation for both buy-side and sell-side clients, including prime brokerage agreements, ISDA Master Agreements, Credit Support Annexes and various other industry standard agreements. Calves has been consistently named to the Lawdragon “500 X – The Next Generation” list since 2023.
He earned his B.A. from Muhlenberg College and his J.D. from Columbia Law School. Calves is admitted to practice in the State of New York.