First name: Aaron
Surname: Comerford
Practice area: Derivatives
Firm/company (from): Allen & Overy
Firm/company (to): Clifford Chance
City (from): Tokyo
City (to): Tokyo
Country (from): Japan
Country (to): Japan
Region: Asia/Pacific
Clifford Chance bolstered its Japan derivatives and structured products team with the hire of Aaron Comerford.
Cameron was counsel in Allen & Overy’s Tokyo office. His experience includes credit derivatives transactions, financial guarantee products, synthetic instruments and structured equity derivatives. He has particular knowledge of OTC derivatives and financial market regulation.
The appointment of Comerford comes on the heels of Wendy Yeo’s promotion to counsel in the team. Paget Dare Bryan, Asia Pacific Head of Derivatives, said, “Our team has grown substantially in the past two years ,and with the addition of Aaron and the promotion of Wendy, we can boast of the strongest team across Asia-Pacific.”