Adam Fovent advises clients at the intersection of financial regulatory, trading and markets, and financial technology developments, with a particular focus on derivatives and digital asset matters.
Adam draws on sophisticated financial regulatory experience to guide US and international financial institutions, fintech and digital asset startups, funds and fund managers, and other end-user trading market participants on matters involving Title VII of the Dodd-Frank Act and other SEC and CFTC regulations, including the regulation of:
Adam also has securities, bank, and money transmission regulatory experience.
In the derivatives space, Adam represents financial institutions, funds, and corporate end-users in negotiating over-the-counter derivatives trading documentation, including with respect to FX, commodity, interest rate, and digital asset derivative transactions.
In the digital asset space, Adam advises centralized exchanges, decentralized finance protocols, and investors on US regulatory risk. He also helps clients negotiate a wide variety of institutional digital asset custody and trading agreements.
Adam regularly works with deal and litigation/enforcement team colleagues to provide insight on matters involving a financial regulatory, derivatives, fintech, or digital asset component.
Before joining Latham, Adam practiced in the financial institutions group of another leading New York law firm. He also previously served as tipstaff and researcher (judicial clerk) to the Hon. Justice M J Beazley AC KC, then President of the New South Wales Court of Appeal in Australia.
Adam’s experience includes advising:
Fintech and Financial Regulatory
Derivatives Transactional
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