Mr Julian Rainero > Schulte Roth & Zabel LLP > New York, United States > Lawyer Profile
Schulte Roth & Zabel LLP Offices
919 THIRD AVENUE
NEW YORK, NY 10022
NEW YORK
United States
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Mr Julian Rainero
Work Department
Broker-Dealer Regulatory & Enforcement, Hedge Funds, Investment Management, Regulatory & Compliance
Position
Julian Rainero is co-chair of the Broker-Dealer Regulatory & Enforcement Group. He advises broker-dealers and alternative trading systems on compliance with SEC, self-regulatory organization (SRO) and Federal Reserve Board rules. His practice involves all aspects of broker-dealer regulation, with a focus on cash equities trading practices, alternative trading systems, net capital, customer asset segregation, prime brokerage, correspondent clearing, and margin and securities lending. Julian represents many of the leading electronic market makers and alternative trading systems and serves on the best-execution committees of several major broker-dealers.
In addition to regularly advising broker-dealers on regulatory compliance and best practices, Julian represents clients in responses to examination findings and enforcement proceedings. He also provides legal counsel to financial institutions in connection with acquisitions of or investments in broker-dealers, credit facilities collateralized by securities and transactions subject to Regulation M.
Memberships
SIFMA
Education
American University, Washington College of Law, JD; Dickinson College, BA
Lawyer Rankings
United States > Finance > Financial services regulation
(Leading lawyers)Schulte Roth & Zabel LLP offers a multidisciplinary group focused on emerging trends, covering regulatory issues affecting private funds and broker-dealers in relation to the creation and implementation of compliance programs and investigations carried out by FINRA and the SEC, respectively; the team places a further emphasis on issues surrounding digital wallet issuers, card associations, bill payment companies, currency exchangers and stablecoin issuers. The leadership team, which is based in New York, is comprised of Craig Warkol and Julian Rainero on the broker-dealer regulatory and enforcement front as well as banking regulatory expert Donald Mosher and investment management regulatory specialist Marc Elovitz.
United States > Dispute resolution > Financial services litigation
Drawing expertise from a number of groups, Schulte Roth & Zabel LLP concentrates its efforts towards regulatory investigations and enforcements by government bodies, specifically the SEC. The firm has expanded its crypto funds capacity and recently represented Pantera Capital in a high-stakes dispute with Polychain regarding the application of the corporate opportunity doctrine in the investment fund space. The firm also has a broad focus on investment funds and broker dealer work, including activity such as cryptocurrency investments, insider trading, SPACs and block trading. The team’s cross-practice leadership is comprised of Craig Warkol, co-chair of the securities enforcement and broker dealer regulatory and enforcement groups and Julian Rainero, also co-chair of the latter, in New York, as well as Peter White, co-chair of the litigation and white-collar defense groups and Charles Clark, co-chair of the securities enforcement group, based in Washington DC.
Lawyer Rankings
- Leading lawyers United States > Finance > Financial services regulation
- Financial services litigation United States > Dispute resolution
- Financial services regulation United States > Finance
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Investment fund formation and management > Alternative/hedge funds
- Finance > Restructuring (including bankruptcy): municipal
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Shareholder activism
Firm Rankings
- M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: middle-market ($500m-999m)
- Finance > Structured finance: securitization
- Investment fund formation and management > Private equity funds (including venture capital)
- Labor and employment > ERISA litigation
- Dispute resolution > Financial services litigation
- Finance > Financial services regulation
- Dispute resolution > M&A litigation: defense
- Investment fund formation and management > Mutual/registered/exchange-traded funds
- Real estate > Real estate finance
- Dispute resolution > Securities litigation: defense
- Tax > US taxes: non-contentious
- Dispute resolution > General commercial disputes
- Real estate > Real estate
- Dispute resolution > Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense
- Finance > Restructuring (including bankruptcy): corporate