... C65, G12, G13Keywords: Counterparty Risk, Credit Valuation adjustment, Credit Default Swaps, Con-tingent Credit Default Swaps, Credit Spread Volatility, Default Correlation, Stochastic Intensity,Copula ... risk for Credit Default Swaps (CDS) in presence of correlation between default of the counterparty and default of the CDS reference credit. Our approach is innovative in that, besides default ... IntroductionWe consider counterparty risk for Credit Default Swaps (CDS) in presence of correlation between default of the counterparty and default of the CDS reference credit. We assume the party thatis...