Chrys A. Carey

Chrys A. Carey is a Partner at Dentons and a member of the firm’s Capital Markets practice group, focusing on Capital Markets Law. He represents clients in a wide variety of derivatives transactions and advises them on derivatives regulatory and compliance issues.

His clients include investment companies, hedge funds, foreign and domestic banks, central banks, multilateral development banks and corporate end-users. He negotiates ISDA Master Agreements and other trading documents, including prime brokerage documents, clearing and execution agreements and related collateral arrangements. He also advises clients on derivatives regulatory issues arising under the Commodity Exchange Act, the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, and the rules and regulations of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission and the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Chrys also represents commercial banks, investment banks, investment companies, broker-dealers, hedge funds and asset managers in secondary market loan transactions, including transfers of claims and proceeds resulting from bankruptcies and other restructuring transactions.

He has extensive experience representing banks, underwriters and financial guarantors in a wide variety of other capital markets and financing transactions, including asset-based loan origination, residential mortgage-backed securities, asset-backed securities and other structured finance transactions. His areas of focus include asset-backed securities, banking and finance, capital markets, derivatives and structured products, financial institutions, investment banks, residential mortgage-backed securities, restructuring and insolvency, and securitisations.

He has authored and co-authored client alerts on derivatives and regulatory developments, including “Get Ready for November 22, 2027: ISDA and EMTA Publish the 2026 FX Definitions” (May 2026), “It’s Alive! The CFTC Breathes New Life into QEP Exemption” (January 2026), “CFTC Provides Further Relief for Swap Reporting Errors” (December 2025) and “Credit Risk Transfer SPVs Obtain CPO Relief from the CFTC” (December 2025).

Chrys holds a JD, cum laude, from Howard University School of Law (2002) and an MA from The University of Edinburgh (1992).