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Ivan Loncar
Partner Corporate & Finance
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As Co-Chair of the firm’s Financial Services Group, Ivan Loncar advises financial institutions on complex derivatives, structured finance and municipal finance transactions. He focuses his practice on innovative financing solutions that combine securitization techniques with derivative products, supporting clients in achieving capital, risk and liquidity objectives.
Ivan represents dealers, banks and other market participants across a wide range of derivatives and structured products, including credit-linked notes, repackagings, credit risk transfer transactions and other hybrid structures. He also advises on the regulatory frameworks governing such products and on the structuring of derivative product companies and related vehicles.
Ivan supports creditors and financial institutions in municipal finance transactions, including tax-exempt and taxable financings and the restructuring of distressed municipal entities. He guides clients on complex municipal financings, including tender option bonds, collateralized bond obligations and other securitization of municipal debt, providing commercially focused advice across both performing and distressed situations.
Recognition
- Chambers Global – Derivatives and Structured Finance (2013-2026)
- Chambers USA – Derivatives and Structured Finance (2012-2026) and Structured Products 2026
- Legal 500 US – Derivatives and Structured Finance (2010-2025)
- IFLR1000 – Derivatives and Structured Finance (2013-2025)
- The Best Lawyers in America – Derivatives and Futures Law (2015-2026)
- The Best Lawyers in America – Lawyer of the Year, Derivatives and Futures Law (2025)
- IFLR Americas – Regulatory Team of the Year (2020)
Representative experience
Advising a dealer on a US$1bn merger-contingent interest rate swap in connection with a US$28bn leveraged buy-out.
Advising a major bank as intermediary in replacing an insurance company in its CDO derivative portfolio to provide liquidity relief, avoiding overcollateralization triggered by rating requirements.
Advising a major dealer on derivative transactions aggregating over US$107bn in notional used to hedge interest rate, prepayment, and credit risk in connection with the acquisition of an 80% stake in the Chrysler Group by Cerberus Capital Management, and the subsequent restructuring on Chrysler's bankruptcy.
Advising a major financial institution on derivative transactions exceeding US$1bn notional, allowing the client to step into in-the-money interest rate swaps with a distressed toll road entity and repackage cash flows for a hedge fund, while also synthetically commuting the related financial guaranty insurance policy.
Advising Assured Guaranty on the restructuring of several billion dollars of Commonwealth of Puerto Rico debt and that of its public agencies.
Advising creditors and interested parties in Jefferson County's Chapter 9 case, including a sewer warrantholder in the negotiation of the county's plan of adjustment.
Advising Detroit Public Schools on preparation for a Chapter 9 filing and pre-petition financing.
Advising Goldman Sachs on a basis swap for approximately US$1bn of tax-exempt and taxable Yankee Stadium construction bonds, and a US$198m CPI-linked floating rate bond with a related interest rate swap.
Advising ISDA on the development of template documentation for CDS on U.S. states, municipalities, and local governments, including the 2012 U.S. Municipal Reference Entity Supplement and related ISDA protocol.
Advising the sponsor and dealer group that developed MCDX, the CDS index for U.S. state and local governments, including trading documentation for tranche MCDX.
Credentials
Education
- LL.M., Columbia University School of Law, 1997
- 1995
Bar admissions and qualifications
- New York
News
Press releases
12 June 2026
Press releases
04 June 2026
Press releases
20 March 2026