Steve Milankov

Steve Milankov has been working in the legal and compliance field since 2000. From 2000 to 2004, they were an Associate Structured Finance at Clifford Chance. From 2004 to 2005, they were a Derivatives Lawyer at BNY Mellon. From 2005 to 2007, they were Director and Counsel at BNP Paribas, where they specialized in Equity Derivatives including Share Buybacks, Variance and Structured Notes, Structured Tax Trades, Canadian Derivatives and Regulatory Review, 1933 Act, 1934 Act and 1940 Act. From 2007 to 2013, they were Head of Legal (Equities, Fixed Income and Equity Derivatives) at Societe Generale Corporate and Investment Banking - SGCIB, where they covered Cash Business Equities, Fixed Income, and Equity Derivatives Trading Floor, Transaction Structuring, ISDA, Tax, Repo, Equity Finance, Corporate Issuer Derivatives, Volatility Products, Delta One Desk, Broker Dealer Regulation and Dodd-Frank Compliance and Analysis. Since 2013, they have been Assistant General Counsel and Senior Trading Counsel at Pershing Square Capital Management, covering Portfolio and Hedge Fund Legal and Compliance, Capital Markets Coverage, and Derivatives and Securities Law.

Steve Milankov completed a Bachelor of Commerce (BCom) in Accounting and Finance from the University of Toronto, graduating with a Gold Medal in 1996. Steve then went on to pursue a Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.) and Juris Doctor (J.D.) from McGill University, both of which they completed in 2000.