Futures & Derivatives
Overview
We advise on civil litigation and enforcement actions of all kinds arising from commodities, futures, and derivatives—products that have become increasingly important drivers of the global financial marketplace. Our Futures & Derivatives group benefits from the experience of multiple former federal prosecutors and Commodity Futures Trading Commission enforcement attorneys, including a former chief trial attorney in the CFTC's Division of Enforcement and a former Department of Justice Criminal Division liaison to the CFTC and FERC. Our team members also understand the perspective of corporate legal departments as they address significant litigation and enforcement matters, having served in senior in-house roles such as senior enforcement counsel with the CME Group.
This experience gives us strategic insight as we anticipate and respond to the choices of government agencies and counterparties in both criminal and civil matters. We represent individuals as well as a wide range of domestic and international financial institutions such as commission merchants, swap dealers, swap execution facilities, commodity trading advisors, commodity pool operators, proprietary trading firms, derivatives clearing organizations, exchanges, brokerage firms, and banks. We have represented these clients and others in investigations, examinations, enforcement actions, and litigation initiated by the Department of Justice, Securities and Exchange Commission, CFTC, FERC, FINRA, the National Futures Association, exchanges, and other self-regulatory organizations.
