About Marvin J. Goldstein
Marvin J. Goldstein concentrates his practice on commodities and derivatives law as well as on corporate and energy law. He has counseled a number of firms acting as dealers and participants in the commodities (including energy and metals) and derivatives markets, advising them on various legal aspects of their trading activities. Marvin’s work in recent years has included advising clients on, and structuring transactions involving, renewable sources of energy (including renewable fuels), hydrogen, and carbon capture, as well as the trading and implementation of carbon, emissions, and environmental credits and allowances. He has also assisted clients in structuring transactions, analyzing risks, preparing documentation, and responding to counterparty defaults and market disruptions.
Marvin has experience with a wide range of transactions, including physical commodity transactions; traditional and bespoke finance structures; intermediations in energy and metals; swaps; options; cash-settled hybrid securities; and derivatives. He has extensive experience representing clients in connection with energy commodities; precious and base metals; traditional commodities such as coffee, sugar, cocoa, grains and cattle; and financial commodities such as interest rates, currencies and other financial instruments.
According to a Chambers source, “Marvin is well known, knowledgeable, easy to work with, and a lovely person.”
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Experience
- An international commodities merchant in its $3.2 billion syndicated, secured loan facility.
- An international commodities merchant in its $100 million syndicated, secured, subordinated loan facility.
- An international commodities merchant in its $3 billion syndicated, secured loan facility.
- An international commodities merchant in its $125 million syndicated unsecured loan facility.
- An international commodities merchant in its $125 million syndicated loan facility secured by tax credits.
- An international financial institution in its $1.5 billion intermediation for an oil refinery.
- An international financial institution in its sale of an intermediation facility for $1.2 billion.
- An international financial institution in its $1 billion plus intermediation for an oil refinery in Chapter 11.
- An international financial institution in its cross-border work-out of a $125 million intermediation for a metals refinery in Chapter 11.
- An international commodities merchant in its cross-border work-out of a $150 million facility for a metals processor in Chapter 11.
- An international commodities merchant in its negotiation of trading documentation with an international financial institution.
- An early-stage company in its negotiation of initial financing.
- An international commodities merchant in its negotiation of an innovative structure for the supply of oil products to one of the largest suppliers of oil products in the United States.
- An international commodities merchant in its negotiation of an innovative structure for the supply of oil products to one of the largest suppliers of oil products in the Eastern United States.
- An issuer of commercial paper backed by commodities in connection with related documentation entered into with an international financial institution and an international commodity merchant.
- An international chemicals company in its documentation for the purchase and sale agreements for metals and minerals.
- A bank holding company in a Delaware “squeeze out” merger.
- A bank holding company in federal and state bank regulatory matters and related regulatory filings and applications.
- An international commodities merchant in its $100 million intermediation facility for a refiner of renewable fuels.
- An international commodities merchant in a long-term natural gas acquisition agreement and a subsequent long-term sale of part of that natural gas.
- An international commodities merchant in its U.S. commodities regulatory matters.
- An international commodities merchant relating to U.S. sanctions, trade regulation, environmental, and regulatory matters.
- An international commodities merchant relating to a U.S. sanctions enforcement matter.
- A plastic recycling plant in a $50 million first-of-its kind financing facility.
- An international commodities merchant in metals leasing transactions.
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News & Views
News / Press Release
Blank Rome Welcomes Market-Leading Commodities Trading and Finance Team in New YorkOctober 20, 2026
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Recognitions
- Listed in Chambers USA
- Listed in Best Lawyers in America
- 2024–2025, Capital Markets: Derivatives (USA), listed in Chambers Global
- IFLR1000
- Listed in The Legal 500 United States
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Bar Admissions
- New York
Education
- Harvard Law School, JD, cum laude
- Yeshiva University, BA, summa cum laude
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