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Assia Damianova is special counsel in the Capital Markets Group in Cadwalader’s London office.

Her practice focuses on complex financing transactions involving a wide variety of asset classes. Assia has extensive experience with derivative products including credit default swaps, credit-linked notes, total return swaps, currency and interest rate swaps, equity derivatives, structured repos, capital relief trades (acting for arrangers and for investors) and securitisation transactions, and related regulatory issues. In addition, she advises buy-side clients on a wide range of trading, compliance and portfolio management issues.

Assia received a Bachelor of Laws in 1994 from the University of Wales, College of Cardiff. Before that, she attended the Law Department of Sofia University (1988-1991) and also attended a one-year course in Business Administration and Eastern European Studies. Assia completed the Legal Practice Course at the College of Law in Chester (1994-1995). She is admitted to practice in England and Wales.