Timothy Silva

Aug 27, 2024 | mondaq.com | Timothy Silva |Gretchen Passe Roin |Benjamin Lobley

W WilmerHale More WilmerHale provides legal representation across a comprehensive range of practice areas critical to the success of its clients. With a staunch commitment to public service, the firm is a leader in pro bono representation. WilmerHale is 1,000 lawyers strong with 12 offices in the United States, Europe and Asia.

Feb 27, 2024 | lexology.com | Matthew Kulkin |Elizabeth Mitchell |Gretchen Passe Roin |Timothy Silva |Tiffany Smith |Dino Wu | +7 more

At an industry event in early 2023, Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC or the Commission) Chairman Rostin Behnam set out a comprehensive agenda to include nearly three dozen rulemaking proposals as well as “business as usual requests” such as the issuance of orders, exemptive relief or interpretive relief.2 When Chairman Behnam detailed the CFTC’s 2023 work plan, the CFTC was building on its first year with a full slate of Commissioners, new Division Directors and senior leadership.

Oct 11, 2023 | mondaq.com | Matthew Kulkin |Timothy Silva |Gretchen Passe Roin |Amy R. Doberman

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC or Commission) recently proposed amendments to CFTC Regulation 4.7 (the Proposed Rule) that would impact long-standing exemptions from certain compliance requirements for commodity pool operators (CPOs) and commodity trading advisors (CTAs).1 The CFTC prepared the Proposed Rule to "update" Regulation 4.7 "after a careful review of the existing language and structure of Regulation 4.7, and considering the clear public and regulatory interest of...

Aug 30, 2023 | mondaq.com | Timothy Silva |Joseph Toner |Andy Reynolds

In a 3-2 vote on August 23, 2023, the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC" or "Commission") adopted five new rules under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 (the "Advisers Act"), collectively called the "Private Fund Adviser Rules." In adopting the rules, the SEC cites the main harms it has observed within the private fund industry as the opacity of private fund investments, the problems raised by certain conflicts of interest and the lack of governance mechanisms within private fund...

Aug 28, 2023 | lexology.com | Timothy Silva |Joseph Toner |Andy Reynolds

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