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
Recent Work
- Bank of Montreal redemption and new launch of FANG-related ETNs
- Bank of Montreal launch of four new series of exchange traded notes on NYSE Arca
- Bank of America €3.25 billion senior notes offering
- Bank of America €3 billion senior notes offering
- Bank of America $10 billion floating-rate and fixed-to-floating-rate notes
- Deutsche Bank $1.75 billion notes offerings
- Bank of America $3.5 billion fixed-to-floating-rate subordinated notes
- Deutsche Bank $2.5 billion notes offerings
- Bank of America $2.5 billion fixed-to-floating-rate subordinated notes
- Deutsche Bank $1 billion notes offering
- Deutsche Bank $1 billion notes offering
- Bank of America $5 billion fixed-to-floating-rate notes
- Deutsche Bank $1.5 billion notes offering
- Deutsche Bank $1.25 billion notes offering
- Bank of America €1 billion green bond offering
- Bank of America $8.5 billion fixed-to-floating-rate notes
Education
- magna cum laude
- Associate Managing Editor, Journal of Law and Policy
- summa cum laude
Qualifications and admissions
- State of New Jersey
- State of New York