DEAN MENEGAS
EMTA Vice Chair
Spinnaker Capital
Dean Menegas is the General Counsel of the Spinnaker Capital Group, a position he has held since the group's inception in 1999. He is responsible for the legal and regulatory affairs and investor relations for the group's investment management companies and its two Emerging Markets funds.
Mr. Menegas was Legal Counsel to the Credit Agricole Indosuez Emerging Markets division; seconded from Dewey Ballantine, he was responsible for
the in-house legal affairs and documentation of the division throughout its existence from 1991 to 1999. He has been a frequent speaker at seminars and conferences on Emerging Markets and derivatives documentation. He was previously a corporate associate at Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom.Mr. Menegas holds a B.A. from the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs at Princeton University; a J.D. from the University of Michigan Law School, where he was Editor-in-Chief of the international law journal; and an M.A. in Political Science from the University of Michigan.
Mr. Menegas currently serves as EMTA Vice Chair. He was elected to EMTA's Board in October 2002. He has served previously as EMTA's European coordinator, and has led numerous EMTA working groups in creating market practices and form documentation.