P. Barrett Morris

Barrett serves as co-head of Moore & Van Allen’s Derivatives & Trading practice. Drawing on experience at Wall Street and other large U.S. banks, he advises clients across interest rates, commodities, equities, foreign exchange, credit products, digital and tokenized assets, prediction markets, securities, and related financing structures. His work spans OTC and cleared derivatives, physical commodity transactions, exchange-traded products, and trade-related financings. Barrett represents swap dealers, broker-dealers, security-based swap dealers, commodities trading firms, FX dealers and liquidity providers, clearing houses, futures commission merchants, funds, financial institutions, and corporate end-users.

Transactionally, Barrett negotiates ISDA Master Agreements and securities financing documentation for major financial institutions, including in connection with multi-billion-dollar subscription facilities and ETF equity swap transactions; novel OTC derivatives, including a first-of-its-kind OTC Compute derivatives product; advises on commodity hedging in asset-backed securitizations and project finance; represents natural gas, power, and renewable energy projects; and drafts bespoke master confirmation agreements for digital assets, equities, and perpetual derivatives.

On regulatory matters, he advises on CFTC, NFA, SEC, and FINRA registration matters, including swap dealer, security-based swap dealer, and broker-dealer registrations; counsels clients on event contracts and digital asset regulation; and develops compliance training programs.

Clients turn to Barrett for practical guidance throughout the lifecycle of trading activity; from product development and market entry through documentation, execution, ongoing compliance, and responses to regulatory scrutiny.

Representative Experience

• Represented a large swap dealer in regarding the negotiation of swap documentation in connection with a multi-billion international subscription facility
• Advised banks on post-merger integration of derivatives businesses and negotiated trading documentation amendments
• Advised on the structuring and documentation of a first of its kind OTC Compute derivatives transaction
• Advised a financial institution on bank and markets regulatory permissibility and regulatory and compliance requirements regarding physical commodity trading and financing activities and drafted corresponding transactional documentation templates
• Advised an international swap dealer on comprehensive assessment, refinement and implementation of pre-hedging policies, procedures and training
• Represented a regional bank in the syndication of $50,000,000 in secured swaps from a corresponding facility and negotiated swap documentation among all participants
• Represented a natural gas power project and negotiated ISDA Master Agreements with major commodity hedge providers in connection with its secured credit facility
• Negotiated securities financing master agreements for large financial institutions
• Regularly delivers true sale opinions addressing recharacterization risk in asset-backed securitizations and other structured finance transactions
• Drafted bespoke master confirmation agreements for a large liquidity provider in respect digital assets, equity, and perpetual derivatives
• Represented an ETF trust in the negotiation of ISDA Master Agreements in relation to equity swap and security-based swap transactions

Notable

• North Carolina Super Lawyers "Rising Star", Banking, 2026

• Southeastern Legal Awards, On the Rise in North Carolina, 2025

• Lawdragon 500 X – The Next Generation, 2024, 2026
• North Carolina Pro Bono Honor Society, 2022-2023
• Mecklenburg County Bar YLD Lawyer of the Year, 2020
• Board of Directors, Mecklenburg Bar Foundation, Class of 2025
• Member Board of Directors, Mecklenburg County Bar, 2017- 2020
• Chair, Mecklenburg County Bar, Young Lawyer Division, 2018 - 2019
• Volunteer Attorney, Council For Children's Rights, 2014 - present

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