CHICAGO, July 29,
2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Katten announced today that
Matthew Kluchenek has joined its
Financial Markets Litigation and Enforcement practice as a partner
based in Chicago, bolstering the
firm's nationally recognized derivatives enforcement practice.
"We're excited about his arrival as he adds
top-tier talent to the skills and resources we can deploy for our
clients."
Kluchenek is a seasoned derivatives lawyer, having served as an
associate general counsel at the world's leading derivatives
marketplace and as the general counsel and chief compliance officer
at one of the world's largest trading firms before focusing on
matters of financial enforcement and regulation as a partner at
AmLaw 25 law firms.
"Matt's broad-based experience in the futures and derivatives
industry is an ideal fit for our group. He has unique skills that
build on our ability to manage litigation and regulatory risks
across all products and regulators in the financial markets," said
Katten Financial Markets Litigation and Enforcement Chair
Christian Kemnitz. "We're excited
about his arrival as he adds top-tier talent to the skills and
resources we can deploy for our clients."
Said Kluchenek: "I am thrilled to join a firm that offers
clients unprecedented depth and breadth in the trading and
financial market spaces. I am looking forward to providing
opportunities to my clients to tap into an industry-leading
team."
Kluchenek joins a group of more than 30 Katten attorneys
dedicated to resolving litigation and enforcement disputes for
financial firms, enhancing its long-standing experience in the
derivatives markets.
Kluchenek represents a broad range of market participants,
including exchanges, clearinghouses, brokers, advisors, dealers,
trading firms and commercial end-users with respect to enforcement,
regulatory and transactional matters involving derivatives,
securities and cryptocurrencies.
In particular, he helps clients with investigations and
enforcement actions by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission
(CFTC), the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), the
Department of Justice (DOJ) and other government agencies regarding
an array of matters. These include disruptive trading,
manipulation, noncompetitive trading, supervisory failures and
fraud related to derivatives and
cryptocurrency market participants, sell and buy side,
as well as a growing number of other matters.
Further, Kluchenek is an adjunct professor at the Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law,
where he teaches Derivatives Law and Practice.
Katten is a full-service law firm with approximately 700
attorneys in locations across the United
States and in London and
Shanghai. Clients seeking
sophisticated, high-value legal services turn to Katten for counsel
locally, nationally and internationally. The firm's core areas of
practice include corporate, financial markets and funds, insolvency
and restructuring, intellectual property, litigation, real estate,
structured finance and securitization, transactional tax planning,
private credit and private wealth. Katten represents public and
private companies in numerous industries, as well as a number of
government and nonprofit organizations and individuals. For more
information, visit katten.com.
Contact:
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Jackie
Heard
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+1.312.902.5450
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jackie.heard@katten.com
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Leonor
Vivanco-Prengaman
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+1.312.577.8371
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leonor.vivanco-prengaman@katten.com
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