David Taub is a partner in the law firm of McDermott Will & Emery LLP and is head of the firm’s Financial Institutions Advisory Practice. With many years of experience representing leading financial institutions and other participants in the global capital markets, David is a widely recognized industry leader for his advice on  innovative financial products and complex securitization transactions. His versatile practice focuses on several core areas: derivatives and financial products, where he specializes in municipal derivatives, finance and municipal credits, and fintech/blockchain. He regularly teaches a course on blockchain in the Masters of Law program at Cornell Tech in New York City. David is a magna cum laude/Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Brown University (1981) and a graduate of Berkeley Law at the University of California at Berkeley (1984)