Raymond A. Ramirez

Ray counsels a wide range of clients on derivatives regulatory and transactional matters. His clients include government-sponsored enterprises, asset managers, pension plans, insurance companies, publicly-traded commodity funds, corporates, energy companies and electric cooperatives.

He assists clients in navigating regulations issued by federal agencies and the National Futures Association (NFA) and developing compliance programs and procedures to address them. Ray has guided market intermediaries, including commodity pool operators and commodity trading advisors, through the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) registration process, has represented clients before the CFTC, the NFA and other regulators on various matters, and has actively participated (on behalf of clients) in federal regulators’ rulemaking processes. He also assists clients in drafting and negotiating derivatives and other trading and financing documentation.