Roger M. Zaitzeff

Roger Zaitzeff is a partner in the Finance and Bankruptcy Practice Group in the firm's New York office. Mr. Zaitzeff has extensive experience in (a) domestic and international finance, (b) banking and securities regulatory law, (c) structured finance, (d) asset securitization, (e) derivatives, and (f) new product development.

Areas of Practice

Mr. Zaitzeff represents companies, financial institutions and governmental organizations in the establishment of credit facilities and domestic and international offerings of securities including syndicated offerings. He works on structured financings, asset securitization programs, securities lending and repurchase agreement programs, commercial paper and medium term note offerings, deposit offerings, acquisition financings, swaps and derivatives, and sovereign debt offerings. His specialized experience extends to venture capital offerings and financings involving receivables, collateralized debt, bond and loan obligations, total return swaps and other structured derivative programs, and real estate loans and real estate securitizations.

Mr. Zaitzeff advises financial institutions on bank regulatory matters as well as securities laws applicable to banks and securities firms and their affiliates including broker-dealer affiliates under the Securities Act of 1933, the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Government Securities Act, the Investment Company Act of 1940, and the Investment Advisers Act of 1940. He provides advice to domestic and foreign financial institutions including domestic and foreign banks on the Federal Reserve Act, the Bank Holding Company Act, the National Bank Act, the Federal Deposit Insurance Act, the Federal Home Loan Bank Act, Gramm-Leach-Bliley, Sarbanes-Oxley, the USA Patriot Act, the Commodity Futures Modernization Act, and other federal and state banking laws. He also assists financial institutions seeking to establish a presence in the US.

Mr. Zaitzeff also advises life science enterprises, investment banking firms, and foreign governments on life science matters. Mr. Zaitzeff is an author and speaker on corporate financial, banking and securities law matters.

Education

• J.D., University of California, Berkeley,
• M.A., University of California, Berkeley, with distinction
• B.A., University of Michigan, high distinction, high honors, Phi Beta Kappa, Winner, William Jennings Bryan Prize, Winner, Heller Grant

Admissions

• New York
• District of Columbia