Practice Areas & Industries: Sullivan & Cromwell LLP

Practice/Industry Group Overview

Sullivan & Cromwell's Commodities, Futures and Derivatives Litigation practice works closely with the Firm's Commodities, Futures and Derivatives Group to provide a broad range of compliance, regulatory and private litigation defense services to our corporate and institutional clients. Led by the former Chief of the Securities and Commodities Fraud Task Force for the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York and the former General Counsel of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, the group's lawyers have extensive expertise in the following areas:

Regulatory and Litigation

• We represent commodities firms in Department of Justice, CFTC, FERC, SEC and exchange investigations and proceedings.
• We represent clients in class actions and complex private litigations, often arising from government enforcement efforts.
• We have significant experience in coordinating responses to proceedings involving multiple agencies, including those occurring cross-border.
• We have represented clients in civil disputes, including arbitrations and court proceedings, relating to their business in commodities, futures or derivatives.

Compliance

• We design, review and update compliance trading guidelines.
• We conduct periodic training for many of our clients engaged in commodities and securities trading businesses.
• We have undertaken reviews and provided feedback on our clients' compliance programs.

Recent Representations

Recent representations by our team include regulatory investigations and/or civil litigation on behalf of Merrill Lynch, Entergy-Koch Trading, El Paso Corp., Louis Dreyfus Corp. and BP, among many others.

Practice Contacts

Steven R. Peikin
New York
P +1-212-558-7228
F +1-212-558-3588
peikins@sullcrom.com

Kenneth M. Raisler
New York
P +1-212-558-4675
F +1-212-558-3588
raislerk@sullcrom.com