Ann is a member of Sutherland's Corporate Practice Group, where she focuses her practice in the areas of corporate finance, derivatives and structured products, and banking and lending.
Ann received a bachelor of science degree, with highest honors, in business management from the Georgia Institute of Technology. She went on to earn a juris doctor degree from William & Mary Law School, where she was the Notes Editor of the William & Mary Law Review, received honors in legal skills and graduated Order of the Coif.
Before joining Sutherland, Ann served as a law clerk for The Honorable Anne Elizabeth Barnes of the Georgia Court of Appeals.
Representative Experience
Ann's recent representative experience includes:
· Advising financial entities regarding security and collateral arrangements for derivatives transactions.
· Advising a variety of financial entities, including government-sponsored enterprises, insurance companies and publicly-trade funds, regarding the new Dodd-Frank regulatory regime for derivatives.
· Submitting comments on behalf of financial entities, including government-sponsored enterprises, insurance companies and publicly-trade funds, in response to regulations proposed by the CFTC and other federal regulators under the Dodd-Frank Act.
· Negotiating documentation for over-the-counter swaps, cleared swaps and futures transactions on behalf of a variety of entities, including government-sponsored entities, insurance companies and other buy-side firms.
· Representing borrowers and lenders in a wide variety of corporate finance transactions including secured lending and acquisition financing.
· Representing public companies in connection with debt offerings.
Recent Publications and Speaking Engagements
· Co-author, "Dodd-Frank Necessitates New Legal Documentation for Cleared and Uncleared Swaps," The Review of Securities and Commodities Regulation, Volume 44, Number 13 (July 13, 2011)
· Co-Author, "The Dodd-Frank Act and the (No Longer) Over-the-Counter Derivatives Market," Partnering Perspectives (Spring 2011)
· Speaker, Webinar: The Dodd-Frank Act: Back to Basics for End Users, American Bar Association (June 7, 2011)
Legal Alerts
Legal Alert: CFTC and SEC Define "Swap Dealer" and "Major Swap Participant"
April 19, 2012
Legal Alert: CFTC Finalizes Dodd-Frank Rulemaking on Customer Clearing Documentation, Timing for Acceptance of Clearing, and Clearing Member Risk Management
April 2, 2012
Legal Alert: CFTC Holds First Open Meeting of 2012 and Finalizes Key Rulemakings Under the Dodd-Frank Act
January 13, 2012
Legal Alert: CFTC Extends Effective Date for Swap Regulation and Finalizes Certain Swap Data Recordkeeping and Reporting Requirements
December 22, 2011
Legal Alert: CFTC Attempts to Strike Balance Between Protection of Customer Funds and Flexibility for FCMs and DCOs Investing Customer Funds
December 13, 2011
Legal Alert: ISDA and SIFMA Attack Position Limits in First Challenge to CFTC Rulemaking Under the Dodd-Frank Act
December 7, 2011
Legal Alert: MF Global Update: MF Global Proceedings Test Multiple Insolvency Statutes
November 15, 2011
Legal Alert: CFTC Proposes to Extend July 14 Temporary Exemptive Relief Order
October 28, 2011
CFTC Proposes Rules To Phase In Compliance with Dodd-Frank's New Derivatives Requirements and Releases Tentative Rulemaking Schedule
September 19, 2011
Legal Alert: CFTC To Subject Agricultural Swaps to the Same Regulatory Regime as Other Swaps, Creates a Whistleblower Program and Sets Rules and Registration Requirements for Swap Data Repositories
August 15, 2011
Legal Alert: CFTC Issues Final Order to Provide Temporary Relief from Provisions of the Dodd-Frank Act Slated to Become Effective on July 16, 2011 and Releases Agenda for Upcoming Meetings
July 15, 2011
Legal Alert: SEC Proposes Business Conduct Standards for Security-Based Swap Dealers and Major Security-Based Swap Participants
June 30, 2011
Legal Alert: Prudential Regulators Extend Public Comment Deadline for Capital and Margin Proposed Rules
June 23, 2011
Legal Alert: CFTC Proposes Temporary Relief from Certain Provisions of the Dodd-Frank Act Slated to Become Effective on July 16, 2011
June 14, 2011
Legal Alert: CFTC Extends Most, But Not All, Proposed Rule Comment Periods; Lawmakers Propose Extension of Title VII's Deadline
May 6, 2011
Legal Alert: U.S. Treasury Secretary Proposes to Exempt FX Swaps and FX Forwards from Dodd-Frank's "Swap" Definition
April 29, 2011
Legal Alert: CFTC Proposes Key Rulemakings that Complete the "Mosaic" of Proposed Rules to Implement Title VII of the Dodd-Frank Act
April 28, 2011
Legal Alert: CFTC and SEC Seek Public Input on the Timetable for Effective Dates of Final Rules to Implement Title VII of the Dodd-Frank Act
April 15, 2011
Legal Alert: Proposed Margin Requirements for Uncleared Swaps Could Significantly Increase the Costs Associated with Over-the-Counter Swap Transactions and May Apply to Some End-Users
April 13, 2011
Legal Alert: Chairman Gensler Outlines Timeline for Finalizing and Implementing the Commodity Futures Trading Commission's Dodd-Frank Rulemakings
March 18, 2011
Legal Alert: Comments Sought on Proposed Interpretive Order on Disruptive Practices Due May 17
March 18, 2011
Legal Alert: U.S. District Court Affirms Lehman Ruling Raising Concern on Cross-Affiliate Netting
February 16, 2011
Legal Alert: New Lehman Plan Portends Coming Battle for Holders of Derivatives-Based Claims
February 14, 2011
Legal Alert: CFTC Proposes Rules to Continue to Allow Agricultural Swaps and Commodity Options and to Supplement Previously Proposed Swap Documentation Requirements
January 21, 2011
Legal Alert: CFTC Issues Two Additional Proposed Rules Under the Dodd-Frank Act at Its First Open Meeting of 2011
January 14, 2011
Legal Alert: Dodd-Frank Act Rulemakings-End-User Update
January 7, 2011
Legal Alert: CFTC Issues Sixth Series of Proposed Rules Under Dodd-Frank Including Rules to Further Define Swap Entities
December 2, 2010
Legal Alert: Secretary of the Treasury Seeks Input on Whether Foreign Exchange Swaps and Foreign Exchange Forwards Should Be Regulated as Swaps Under Dodd-Frank
October 29, 2010
Legal Alert: CFTC to Create a Position Reporting System for Certain Physical Commodity Swaps
October 21, 2010
Legal Alert: CFTC Solicits Comments on How the Trading of Agricultural Swaps Should Be Governed
October 20, 2010
Legal Alert: CFTC Issues Interim Final Rule With Respect to Reporting Requirements for Pre-Enactment Swaps
October 5, 2010
Legal Alert: SEC and CFTC Request Comments on Significant Defined Terms in Title VII of Dodd-Frank
September 14, 2010
Legal Alert: ISDA Protocol Addresses New Withholding Rules for Dividend Equivalent Payments
September 1, 2010
Legal Alert: CFTC and SEC Accepting Comments on Dodd-Frank Rulemaking
August 19, 2010
Legal Alert: Financial Reform Legislation Amends Section 1256 of the Internal Revenue Code to Provide Greater Certainty with Respect to the Tax Treatment of Swaps, Caps, Floors, and Similar Agreement
July 21, 2010
Legal Alert: Final Version of Financial Regulatory Reform Bill Establishes New Landscape - Critical Details Left to Regulators
June 30, 2010
Publications
Dodd-Frank Necessitates New Legal Documentation for Cleared and Uncleared Swaps
July 13, 2011 Reprinted with permission The Review of Securities & Commodities Regulation
Events
Webinar: The Dodd-Frank Act: Back to Basics for End Users
June 7, 2011