Commodities & Derivatives
Our lawyers draw on their wealth of experience in the highest levels of government, industry, and private practice to counsel members of the commodities and derivatives industry on a variety of formation, compliance, regulatory, and litigation matters.
Overview
Ranked nationwide by Chambers, including a Band 1 ranking for Elizabeth Davis, our team brings an unparalleled depth of understanding to legal issues involving commodities and derivatives, drawing on decades of experience in and out of government. We advise on the full spectrum of regulatory and compliance questions arising in connection with the offering or use of commodities, derivatives, and digital assets, and represent our clients in high-stakes litigation and enforcement actions surrounding these increasingly important drivers of the global financial marketplace.
Our group includes former senior compliance officers at major financial institutions, former federal prosecutors, and enforcement or regulatory attorneys who have served as the Chief Trial Attorney in the Commodity Futures Trading Commission's Division of Enforcement and the Department of Justice Criminal Division liaison to the CFTC and FERC.
Our team works closely with the private sector as our members hold leadership roles with the Law and Compliance Division of the Futures Industry Association, Commodity Markets Council, and Futures and Derivatives section of the American Bar Association.
We provide practical and learned counsel to a wide range of domestic and international financial institutions. Our client base includes institutions and entities that use derivative instruments to hedge commercial price exposure and currency risk, as well as financial services industry members such as futures commission merchants, swap dealers, swap execution facilities, exchanges, clearinghouses, commodity trading advisors, commodity pool operators, proprietary trading firms, brokerage firms, digital asset firms and investors, and banks.
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