
biography
Julian Hammar is a partner in the New York and Washington, D.C. offices of FisherBroyles. He focuses his practice on futures, derivatives and commodities, energy regulatory, blockchain and securities matters.
Mr. Hammar is a leading expert on the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (Dodd-Frank Act). Prior to joining FisherBroyles, Mr. Hammar served as of counsel at Morrison & Foerster and special counsel at Covington, where he counselled a wide range of clients on compliance with Dodd-Frank derivatives regulatory requirements. Before his experience in big law, Mr Hammar was an assistant general counsel at the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), Office of the General Counsel, where he drafted regulations to further define key terms including “swap,” “security-based swap” and “security-based swap agreement,” under the Dodd-Frank Act. In addition, he assisted with drafting other Dodd-Frank Act regulations, including the entity definitions (rules to further define such terms as “swap dealer,” “major swap participant” and “eligible contract participant”), commodity options and the Volcker Rule. He was also a member of the CFTC’s legislative d...
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Credentials
Admissions
New York
Washington, D.C.
Education
Duke University School of Law, JD, 1996
Yale University, BA, 1990
Duke University, MA, 1996
Prior Law Firm Experience
Morrison & Foerster LLP
Covington LLP