Mayer Brown hires former CFTC senior counsel Danielle Abada as partner
Hedgeweek reports that Mayer Brown has appointed Danielle Abada, a former senior official at the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission, as a partner in its Capital Markets practice in New York, according to a PR Newswire report. Abada joins from the CFTC, where she served as Senior Special Counsel in the Market Participants Division and previously as Senior Counsel to Commissioner Kristin N Johnson. During her tenure at the regulator, she advised on legal, regulatory and policy matters affecting CFTC-regulated entities, including developments in digital assets, blockchain technology, predict
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Mayer Brown has appointed former CFTC senior official Danielle Abada as a partner in its Capital Markets practice in New York.
“Mayer Brown has appointed Danielle Abada, a former senior official at the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), as a partner in its Capital Markets practice in New York”
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Abada joins from the CFTC, where she served as Senior Special Counsel in the Market Participants Division.
“Abada joins from the CFTC, where she served as Senior Special Counsel in the Market Participants Division”
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Abada previously held the position of Senior Counsel to Commissioner Kristin N Johnson.
“having previously held the position of Senior Counsel to Commissioner Kristin N Johnson”
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At the CFTC, Abada advised on legal, regulatory and policy matters affecting CFTC-regulated entities, including developments in digital assets, blockchain technology, prediction markets, event contracts and artificial intelligence.
“Abada advised on legal, regulatory and policy matters affecting CFTC-regulated entities, including developments in digital assets, blockchain technology, prediction markets, event contracts and artificial intelligence”
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Before joining the CFTC, Abada worked in private practice advising financial institutions, fintech companies, hedge funds, investment managers and proprietary trading firms on derivatives, securities regulation, compliance and transactions.
“Prior to joining the CFTC, Abada worked in private practice, advising financial institutions, fintech companies, hedge funds, investment managers and proprietary trading firms on derivatives, securities regulation, compliance and transactions”
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