Parya Badie
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Parya Badie

Partner

Parya has over 25 years’ experience advising clients on a wide range of complex and highly structured trades with a particular emphasis on significant risk transfer products, structured credit more generally and bespoke funding trades.

She has extensive experience advising on restructurings and contentious close-outs during periods of financial distress as well as various sovereign crises.

She also advises on insurance-capital markets cross-over structures including regulatory capital driven transactions and longevity derivatives. Parya has significant experience advising banks and sponsors on the hedging aspects of financings (project, acquisition, real estate and leveraged finance), securitisations and CLOs, including deal contingent hedging, restructuring of large hedging portfolios and the repackaging of inflation-linked cashflows. As part of her credit derivatives practice, she has advised the ISDA EMEA Credit Derivatives Determinations Committee on various matters over the years. Parya also advises on bespoke collateral arrangements with expertise on financial collateral arrangements.

Legal 500 UK describes Parya as “a standout partner.” Chamber UK 2023 cites that “Parya is excellent at finding workable solutions to complex structuring problems. She is both detail-oriented and commercially minded" and Chambers UK 2024 also quotes that "Parya is practical and can boil down information in a straightforward way.” 

Expertise

Industries

Leadership Positions And Professional Affiliations

  • Member, Law Society of England and Wales.
  • Member, New York State Bar Association.
  • Member, American Bar Association (Section of International Law and Practice).

Recognition

Parya Badie ’sets the gold standard for excellence in legal practice’, and has a long and successful track record in complex and highly structured trades with a particular emphasis on significant risk transfer products, bespoke funding trades and structured credit.
Legal 500 UK
A standout partner and trusted advisor, Parya Badie sets the gold standard for excellence in legal practice and client service!
Legal 500 UK

Awards

  • Legal500 2026 Hall of Fame
  • IFLR 2025 Market Leader
  • IFLR 2025 Women Leader

Qualifications

Admissions

Admitted to the bar, State of New York, USA, 2000

Admitted as solicitor, England and Wales, 2010

Academic

J.D., Law, Harvard Law School, 1999

B.A., University of North Texas, 1994

Languages

English
Disclaimer
A&O Shearman was formed on May 1, 2024 by the combination of Shearman & Sterling LLP and Allen & Overy LLP and their respective affiliates (the legacy firms). Any matters referred to above may include matters undertaken by one or more of the legacy firms rather than A&O Shearman.