"Courtenay has a lot of expertise in structured products and is very commercial in the way she views things."
Chambers USA 2024
"She has knowledge of everything going on in the weeds and, at the same time, has a fantastic view of the marketplace."
Chambers USA 2024
Band 1 – Capital Markets: Structured Products
Chambers USA 2024
"A rock star."
Chambers USA 2021
"One of the most technically savvy partners I have ever worked with."
Chambers USA 2021
"Has a great business sense so she does not get caught up the minutiae but she sees the common goal."
Chambers USA 2021
Profile
Courtenay Myers Lima is a partner in the New York office of Latham & Watkins. Courtenay is a member of the Capital Markets Practice and Financial Institutions Industry Group. She has broad US and international experience advising financial institutions on public and private capital markets offerings, regulatory matters, financial technology platforms, and corporate governance. She also advises global financial institutions in connection with capital raising activities, including structuring and execution of innovative financial instruments.
Courtenay also has experience in initial public offerings, bank note issuance programs, commercial paper, and collateralized fund obligations.
Experience
Courtenay's recent finance advisory experience include advising:
Issuers and underwriters in connection with initial public offerings
Special purpose vehicle issuers of collateralized fund obligations and on-balance sheet funding instruments linked to underlying fund assets
Fintech companies in connection with regulatory and compliance initiatives and capital raising activities
Financial institution clients in connection with access to and use of financial technology infrastructure
Administrators and sponsors of global benchmark indices in connection with regulatory and contractual obligations
Financial institutions and users in connection with licensing of financial benchmarks and indices
Issuers and dealers in connection with Securities and Exchange registered medium-term notes programs
Issuers and initial purchasers in connection with offerings of notes exempt from registration under Section 3(a)(2) of the Securities Act and Rule 144A under the Securities Act
Structured note offerings and market-linked certificate of deposit offerings
General corporate and financial regulatory advice
Qualifications
Bar Qualification
New York
Education
JD, Columbia Law School, 1997 Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar
Latham honored as Global Law Firm of the Year in GlobalCapital’s Global and Americas Derivatives Awards for innovation and significant contributions to the advancement of the derivatives industry.
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