Commodity Futures Trading Commission, Assistant General Counsel

• “SEC Adopts Recordkeeping and Reporting Rules for Security-Based Swaps,” The Review of Securities and Commodities Regulation, Vol. 53, No. 2 (Jan. 29, 2020).
• Derivatives Update: Recent Developments in the United States and EU, IFLR Webinar, 02/28/2018
• Webinar: Commodity Exchange Act Basics for Lawyers, PLI Webinar, 10/10/2017
• Webinar: Confusion or Clarity? Cross-Border Regulation of Derivatives, IFLR Webinar, 02/22/2017
• Webinar, Cross-Border Derivatives Update, 01/12/2017
• Teleconference, Canadian Derivatives and Financial Services Regulatory Developments, 11/10/2016
• Seminar: Derivatives Regulation Update: Latest U.S. Developments, 10/18/2016
• Index Regulation and Outsourcing Index Administration, Morrison & Foerster and Markit Master Class, 07/28/2016
• Seminar: Energy Trading Compliance & Regulatory Enforcement, American Conference Institute’s 13th National Forum, 05/24/2016-05/25/2016
• Speaker, FIA Law & Compliance 2016 Conference, 38th Annual FIA Law & Compliance Conference on the Regulation of Futures, Derivatives and OTC Products (L&C 2016), 05/04/2016-05/06/2016
• Commodity Exchange Act Basics for Lawyers, New York City Bar, 04/27/2016
• Cross-Border and Recent Developments in Derivatives, IFLR Webinar, 04/19/2016
• Webinar – Derivatives Regulation Update: Latest Developments and What to Expect in 2016, 01/14/2016
• Teleconference – Derivatives: Latest U.S. Regulatory Developments, 11/19/2015
• The Status of the New Proposed Rule on Position Limits and Additional Recent Concerns Relating to Position Limits, American Conference Institute’s 12th National Forum on Energy Trading, Compliance & Regulatory Enforcement, 11/16/2015
• Webinar: Financial Services Regulatory and Enforcement Current Issues, 11/06/2015
• Seminar, U.S. Regulatory Developments Affecting Canadian Banks, 09/22/2015
• Margin Rules for Uncleared Swaps: What You Need to Know in 2015, West LegalEdcenter Webinar, 07/30/2015
• Speaker, Swaps & Derivatives Global Markets Regulation, American Conference Institute, 06/29/2015 – 06/30/2015
• Derivatives and Cross Border Issues, IFLR Webinar, 06/17/2015
• Webinar: Fragmentation or Integration? An Overview of EU and U.S. Financial Regulation Relating to Derivatives and Structured Products, 05/14/2015
• Teleconference, U.S. Legal Considerations for Canadian Banks, 04/28/2015
• Seminar: Uncleared Swaps Margin Proposed Rules, 04/23/2015
• Treatment of Commercial End-Users of Swaps, PLI Webinar, 04/07/2015
• Derivatives Regulatory Update: Have Regulators Reduced Risk to the U.S. Financial System?, GARP Webinar, 03/31/2015
• Morrison & Foerster 5th Annual Financial Services and Regulatory Conference, 03/18/2015
• Derivatives Regulatory Update, PLI Webinar, 03/04/2015
• Margin Rules for Uncleared Swaps: What You Need to Know in 2015, The Knowledge Group Webinar, 01/29/2015
• Webinar: SEC Adopts Final Rules for Cross-Border Security-Based Swap Dealers and Major Security-Based Swap Participants, West LegalEdcenter, 09/03/2014
• Derivatives Regulatory Update, ALI CLE Webcast, 08/12/2014
• Speaker, American Gas Association Legal Forum, 07/14/2014
• Speaker, ACI’s 9th National Forum on Energy Trading Compliance & Regulatory Enforcement, 06/05/2014 – 06/06/2014
• CFTC’s Division of Swap Dealer and Intermediary Oversight (DSIO) Advisory for Non-US Swap Dealers, The Knowledge Group 05/13/2014
• Speaker, FIA: Law & Compliance Conference on the Regulation of Futures, Derivatives, and OTC Products, 04/07/2014 – 04/09/2014
• Speaker, American Conference Institute: Reform and Regulation of Derivative Transactions, 01/14/2014 – 01/15/2014
• Speaker, 8th Annual ACI’s Energy Trading Compliance & Regulatory Enforcement Conference, 11/21/2013 – 11/22/2013

• Ninth Circuit Allows CFTC’s Enforcement Action Against Monex to Move Forward, Futures and Derivatives Law Report, Vol. 39, issue 8 (September 2019).
• Self-Regulatory Organizations and the Constitutional Privilege Against Self-Incrimination, Futures and Derivatives Law Report, Volume 39, Issue 4 (April 2019).
• CFTC Amends Chief Compliance Officer Duties and Annual Report Requirements, Journal of Investment Compliance, Vol. 20 (March 2019).
• Understanding the CFTC’s Proposed Interpretation of “Actual Delivery” for Cryptocurrency Retail Commodity Transactions, Crowdfund Insider (February 2018).
• Qualified Financial Contracts – All In Order, International Financial Law Review (November 2017).
• The SEC’s Long-Awaited Security-Based Swaps Rules May Be Approaching, The Review of Securities & Commodities Regulation Vol. 50 No. 7 (April 2017).
• Setting the Scene, International Financial Law Review (September 2016).
• The Federal Reserve’s Proposed Rules for Financial Contracts of Global Systemically Important Banking Organizations and ISDA’s Resolution Stay Jurisdictional Modular Protocol, Futures and Derivatives Law Report, Volume 36, Issue 8 (September 2016).
• Impact of the Volcker Rule on Derivatives Markets, The Review of Banking & Financial Services, Vol. 31, No. 11 (November 2015).
• CFTC and SEC Issue Final Interpretation Regarding Forward Contracts with Embedded Volumetric Optionality, The Journal on the Law of Investment & Risk Management Products, Volume 35, Issue 7 (August 2015).
• Margin for Uncleared Swaps: A Critical Look at the CFTC’s and Prudential Regulators’ Proposals, Derivatives: Financial Products Report, Thomson Reuters/Tax & Accounting (March 2015).