Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP

Financial Regulation and Derivatives

Nihal Patel represents both financial institutions and buy-side market participants on regulatory and compliance issues relating to securities and derivatives trading.

Clients seek Nihal’s advice on broker-dealer regulation and swap regulatory issues arising under Title VII of the Dodd-Frank Act. Nihal has represented industry and trade groups including ISDA (documentation for addressing CFTC regulations adopted under Dodd-Frank), SIFMA (margin for TBAs and derivatives capital rules), and ARRC (benchmark transition). Nihal speaks on these and related topics at industry conferences in the United States and abroad.