Michael J. Russo
Advises market participants on structured products and other capital market transactions. Extensive experience developing new financial products.
Mike is a member of our Derivatives & Structured Products and Capital Markets practices. He advises financial institutions and other market participants on all aspects of the development, issuance and marketing of U.S. and international capital market transactions. These include public and private offerings of fixed- and floating-rate debt securities, preferred stock and structured notes linked to a variety of different assets.
Mike has extensive experience developing new financial products, including proprietary indexes; green, social and sustainability bonds; and financing transactions related to Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies. He routinely advises on SEC, FINRA and other regulatory and transactional matters relating to securities offerings and new product development.
Experience highlights
Recent Representations
- Bank of America €1 billion green bond offering
- Bank of America $8.5 billion fixed-to-floating-rate notes
- Bank of America $3 billion fixed-to-floating-rate notes
- Deutsche Bank $1.5 billion notes offering
- Bank of America $1.5 billion cash tender offer for preferred stock
- Bank of America $2 billion equality progress sustainability bond offering
- Deutsche Bank $400 million notes offering
- Bank of America $10 billion fixed-to-floating-rate notes
- Deutsche Bank $1.3 billion senior notes offering
- Deutsche Bank $500 million notes offering
- Bank of America $2 billion preferred stock offering
- Bank of America $8.75 billion floating- and fixed-to-floating-rate notes
- Bank of America €3.5 billion and £600 million senior notes offering
- Bank of America C$350 million reopening of fixed-to-floating-rate notes
- Bank of America $3.5 billion floating- and fixed-to-floating-rate notes
- Bank of America C$1.9 billion floating- and fixed-to-floating-rate senior notes
Education
- magna cum laude
- Associate Managing Editor, Journal of Law and Policy
- summa cum laude
Professional history
- Counsel, 2022-present
- Davis Polk since 2014
Qualifications and admissions
- State of New York