Introduction

Annabel is a partner in our derivatives and structured products practice

Annabel Massey is a bilingual English-French lawyer, dual-qualified as an Avocat à la Cour (Paris Bar) and a Solicitor (England and Wales). Her practice encompasses debt capital markets, derivatives and structured finance, with a particular focus on French law and English law governed structured products.

Annabel advises leading financial institutions on structured products offerings across a wide array of underlying reference assets, including equities, funds, commodities, foreign exchange, inflation and other rates. She also acts as arranger counsel on several well-known, high-volume structured products programs.

Annabel also has significant experience in derivatives (FBF and ISDA) and related products across all formats, in particular credit and other fixed income derivatives, repackaging of financial assets and other collateralized funding structures. 

  • JPM | Counsel | Advising on the annual Program update for the issuance of structured products under French law. 
  • GS | Counsel | Advising on the annual Program update for the issuance of structured products under French law and approved by the CSSF. 
  • BNP Paribas | Counsel | Advising on the annual update to its Program update for the issuance of English law structured products approved by the FCA. 
  • Bank of America | Counsel | Advising on establishment of its EU Retail Program and its annual update for the issuance of structured products under French law.
  • Citi | Counsel | Advising on the issuance of both listed and unlisted French and English law structured products under their program.
  • A French bank | Counsel | Advising on the issuance of a bespoke fund linked repack securities program for a major French bank.
  • A number of international banks | Counsel | Advising on the issuance of both listed and unlisted French and English law structured products under their program.
  • Alma | Counsel | 2024 | Advised on the setting up of its third financing body, enabling the implementation of a forward flow operation to develop its growth and its fractional payment activity.