Success in the commodities trading business depends on versatility and the ability to react to fluctuating market conditions, global factors and geopolitical headwinds. With a dedicated team of lawyers, our commodity trading advisors (CTA)/commodity pool operators (CPO) practice minimizes risk while maximizing opportunities as we organize and represent commodity pools and their CTAs and sponsors.

We handle a full range of regulatory and commercial matters involving these instruments for industry-leading CTAs and CPOs, drawing support from related practices throughout the firm as needed.

Our team also brings in-depth knowledge of the sector through the experience of our leadership, who are highly involved in the Managed Funds Association CTA/CPO Forum and the Alternative Investment Management Association (AIMA) Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) working group—gaining insight for our clients on a continuing basis as new developments arise. Combining our multidisciplinary approach to advising and representing clients with the resources of a full-service global law firm, our lawyers effectively and efficiently:

Represent sponsors of all types of commodity trading firms, including CTAs and sponsors of commodity pools.

Actively advise large CTAs and CPOs in connection with:

  • Registration and exemption
  • Counterparty and trading relationships
  • CTA and CPO compliance
  • Speculative Position Limit Compliance
  • Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (MiFID) II and General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) compliance
  • National Futures Association (NFA) and Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) and exchange audits and enforcement actions
  • Tax and Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) advice
  • Intellectual property and trademark protection
  • Cybersecurity, privacy and data protection.

Represent CTAs with respect to allocations from major institutional allocators, including:

  • Major investment and commercial banks
  • Futures Commission Merchant (FCM) and other platforms
  • Sovereign wealth funds
  • State and municipal plans
  • Public funds and private funds
  • Corporate pension plans
  • Mutual funds.

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