Carolyn Jackson is a Partner in the firm's London affiliate office. Her practice focuses on the structuring and offering of complex securities, commodities and derivatives transactions as well as US securities and commodities law regulation. Having practiced outside of the US for her entire legal career, she is particularly expert in the extraterritorial effects of US regulation. Ms. Jackson advises a broad range of market participants, including commercial banks, investment banks, investment managers, broker-dealers, electronic trading platforms, clearinghouses, trade associations and OTC derivatives service providers.

Prior to joining Katten, Ms. Jackson was Counsel and the European head of Allen & Overy LLP's US Regulatory Practice, where she began her legal career in 2000. Ms. Jackson was a frequent external and internal speaker while at Allen & Overy, participating in conferences concerning OTC derivatives regulatory reform, investment manager regulation, US support and liquidity measures and fixed income mathematics.

Prior to becoming a lawyer, Ms. Jackson was the Executive Director and Board Member of the International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc. (ISDA) from 1995-1997. Notable achievements included the establishment of the London ISDA office and the Southeast Asian Working Committee, which led to the establishment of ISDA offices in Singapore and Hong Kong. Ms. Jackson spent the initial thirteen years of her career as a derivatives trader and was part of the original swaps team at the Chase Manhattan Bank, NA from 1982-1987. She established the New York derivatives trading desk for Banque Nationale de Paris from 1987-1993. From 1993-1995, Ms. Jackson was First Vice President and Manager of Banque Indosuez, International Capital Markets Group in New York.