Speaker details

Biography

Katherine Tew Darras is ISDA’s General Counsel. She joined ISDA in 2001 as Assistant General Counsel, became General Counsel, Americas in January 2008 and General Counsel in June 2016. Katherine has been team leader for a wide variety of ISDA publications, including the 2002 Equity Definitions, the 2006 Inflation Definitions, the 2006 ISDA Definitions and the 2011 Equity Derivatives Definitions; Katherine also led the creation of the Dodd-Frank protocols and is responsible for the ISDA Amend and ISDA Create electronic documentation facilities. Before joining ISDA, Katherine was an associate at Salans LLP in New York, where she worked in the financial institutions group. Katherine holds a BA (Honours) from the University of Western Ontario, an LL.B. from Queen's University at Kingston, Ontario and is a member of the New York Bar and the Law Society of Ontario.