Recent Publications

Dodd-Frank Update: CFTC ISO/RTO Exemptive Order

On March 28, 2013, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (“CFTC”) issued a final order exempting specified transactions by certain regional transmission organizations (“RTO”) and independent system operators (“ISO”) from all but the general anti-fraud and anti-manipulation prohibitions of the Commodity Exchange Act (“CEA”) and related CFTC regulations promulgated thereunder (“Exemptive Order”). >>

Dodd-Frank Update: CFTC Inter-Affiliate Swap Clearing Exemption

On April 1, 2013, the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (“CFTC”) issued a final rule exempting swaps between certain affiliated entities from the clearing requirement under section 2(h)(1)(A) of the Commodity Exchange Act (“CEA”) and CFTC regulations (“Final Rule”). >>

Update on Dodd-Frank Requirements for Swap Guarantees

The Commodities Futures Trading Commission (the “CFTC”), pursuant to its rulemaking authority under the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (“Dodd-Frank”) , has interpreted guarantees of swap agreements to fall under the definition of a swap... >>



Irina Marinescu

Attorney

New York


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Areas of Practice

Education

  • J.D., University of California, Hastings College of Law, 2012, Supervising Editor, Hastings International and Comparative Law Review
  • B.A., International Relations and Philosophy, Spanish Minor, New York University, 2007, with honors, Editor-in-Chief, NYU Undergraduate Journal of International Relations and Politics; Associate Editor, NYU Journal of Global Affairs

Bar Admissions

  • New Jersey, 2012
  • New York, pending

Languages

  • English
  • Spanish
  • Romanian
Irina Marinescu

Irina Marinescu is an attorney in the Finance Practice Group in the New York office of Haynes and Boone, LLP.

Selected Publications and Speeches

  • "Where Does the Dirham Stop in a Sukuk Default?" 35 Hastings Int'l & Comp. L. Rev. 451, Summer 2012.

Selected Representative Experience


Deutsche Bank/Green Energy Team Hawaii Biomass Project
Represented Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., as Mandated Lead Arranger and Lender for a $76.1 million loan facility to fund construction of a 7.5-megawatt (net) biomass-to-energy facility on the island of Kaua'i, Hawaii.

Online Publications

05/15/2013 - Dodd-Frank Update: CFTC ISO/RTO Exemptive Order
On March 28, 2013, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (“CFTC”) issued a final order exempting specified transactions by certain regional transmission organizations (“RTO”) and independent system operators (“ISO”) from all but the general anti-fraud and anti-manipulation prohibitions of the Commodity Exchange Act (“CEA”) and related CFTC regulations promulgated thereunder (“Exemptive Order”).

05/10/2013 - Dodd-Frank Update: CFTC Inter-Affiliate Swap Clearing Exemption
On April 1, 2013, the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (“CFTC”) issued a final rule exempting swaps between certain affiliated entities from the clearing requirement under section 2(h)(1)(A) of the Commodity Exchange Act (“CEA”) and CFTC regulations (“Final Rule”).

04/03/2013 - Update on Dodd-Frank Requirements for Swap Guarantees
The Commodities Futures Trading Commission (the “CFTC”), pursuant to its rulemaking authority under the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (“Dodd-Frank”) , has interpreted guarantees of swap agreements to fall under the definition of a swap...