Jermone Ranawake, Esq.

Jerome is a structured finance partner based in Freshfields’ New York office and is responsible for the firm’s US corporate social responsibility policy and initiatives. He has extensive experience advising banks, asset managers, and corporate treasury clients on all aspects of their brokerage, derivatives, and other trading activities. He also specializes in securitization transactions. Jerome is a regular speaker at ISDA conferences and has written articles for publications such as the International Finance Law Review. Jerome received his BA (1st class) from Cambridge University. He was the recipient of the Daiwa Anglo-Japanese Foundation scholarship, and worked as a journalist for The Yomiuri Shimbun in Tokyo prior to becoming a lawyer.