Terry Arbit Email & Phone Number

Washington D.C. Metro Area

Washington, D.C.

801 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W., Washington, Dc 20004

* Practice focused on commodities, futures, and derivatives issues, including regulatory, compliance, and enforcement matters. * Advise clients with respect to the application of the Commodity Exchange Act (CEA) based on 17 years of public service at the CFTC. * Particular experience with the amendments to the CEA made by the derivatives reform provisions of the Dodd-Frank Act and the CFTC's implementing regulations, including their application to cross-border activities of global enterprises.

1155 21St Street, N.W., Washington, Dc 20581

* Held a series of senior leadership positions at the CFTC, including Acting General Counsel as well as Acting Chief Counsel in the Division of Enforcement. * Served most recently as Deputy General Counsel for Legislative and Intergovernmental Affairs, working extensively on the derivatives reform legislation enacted as part of the Dodd-Frank Act. * Provided technical assistance to CFTC Commissioners, the Treasury Department, and Congressional Committees and Members' Offices on all aspects of the legislation applicable to the CFTC. * Provided legal counsel on a number of CFTC rulemakings, interpretive guidance releases, and staff actions in the implementation of the Dodd-Frank swap regulatory regime, including the CFTC's Entity and Product Definitions (issued jointly with the SEC), as well as the CFTC's application of Dodd-Frank to Cross-Border Swap Activities. * Coordinated closely on issues of mutual interest with counterparts at other Federal financial regulatory agencies, such as the development of anti-money laundering requirements for financial institutions with FinCEN; issues relating to foreign currency trading with the OCC and the Federal Reserve Board; and the treatment of novel, hybrid financial products with the SEC.* Prior positions at CFTC included: * CFTC's Acting General Counsel during 2007-2009; * Legal Counsel to CFTC Chairman Reuben Jeffery III during 2005-2006 and Commissioner Mark P. Wetjen during 2012; * Trial Attorney in the Enforcement Division, investigating and prosecuting a variety of violations of the CEA; and * Acting Chief Counsel for the Enforcement Division, facilitating the coordination of CFTC enforcement efforts with those of regulatory authorities overseas.

Washington

* Served as lead in-house counsel directing the investigation and litigation of complex professional liability claims against directors, officers, securities and commodities brokers, attorneys, and accountants on behalf of the government as the receiver of failed savings-and-loan institutions.

Chicago

* Maintained a commercial litigation practice, focusing on federal and state product liability, professional liability, construction, and landlord-tenant cases.

J.D.

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M.A. And B.A., Political Science