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Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP Offices
1875 K STREET, NW
WASHINGTON, DC 20006-1238
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
United States
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Paul Pantano
Work Department
Corporate & Financial Services
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Lawyer Rankings
United States > Finance > Structured finance: derivatives and structured products
Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP advises on derivatives in the physical commodities markets, including energy, environmental commodities, metals and agricultural products, with demonstrable experience in listed and over-the-counter derivatives. The ‘deeply knowledgeable’ team acts for lenders, marketers, producers and commercial users of derivatives across a range of structured transactions, enforcement defense matters and regulatory issues. In the firm’s Washington DC office, senior counsel Paul Pantano represents clients in investigations and regulatory mandates before the CFTC, self-regulatory organizations and the FERC, and Neal Kumar focuses on derivatives regulatory matters. Based in New York, Thomas French leads the practice and Rita Molesworth advises on work concerning the Dodd Frank Act, while John Thomas handles physical commodity and commodity derivatives trading mandates. Counsel Margo Bailey, who operates from the Washington DC office, is another key contact in the team.
United States > Energy > Energy regulation: electric power
Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP has a highly regarded energy regulatory practice and are frequently engaged in power, renewable, oil and gas and other energy in regulatory counselling, investigations and transactions. The firm has extensive experience in representing clients in high-profile regulatory matters before the CFTC, FERC, NFA and derivatives exchanges, alongside providing advice regarding the application and scope of the Commodity Exchange Act (CEA) and CFTC regulations. Based in the Washington DC area, former Chairman of FERC Norman Bay is chair of the firm’s Energy Regulatory & Enforcement Practice Group and is co-chair of the Energy & Commodities Practice Group, and was appointed to the Secretary of Energy Advisory Board as one of eighteen appointees to the Secretary’s Board. Paul Pantano is a leading lawyer who covers a wide variety of regulatory, investigative, enforcement, litigation and transaction matters.
Lawyer Rankings
- Energy regulation: electric power United States > Energy
- Structured finance: derivatives and structured products United States > Finance
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Finance > Commercial lending
- Insurance > Insurance: non-contentious
- Industry focus > Sport
- Investment fund formation and management > Mutual/registered/exchange-traded funds
Firm Rankings
- Labor and employment > ERISA litigation
- Finance > Fintech
- Dispute resolution > General commercial disputes
- Dispute resolution > M&A litigation: defense
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Private equity buyouts: large deals ($500m+)
- Finance > Restructuring (including bankruptcy): corporate
- Dispute resolution > Securities litigation: defense
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Shareholder activism
- Investment fund formation and management > Alternative/hedge funds
- Labor and employment > Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: transactional
- Energy > Energy regulation: electric power
- Energy > Energy transactions: oil and gas
- Dispute resolution > Leading trial lawyers
- Investment fund formation and management > Private equity funds (including venture capital)
- Real estate > Real estate
- Finance > Structured finance: derivatives and structured products
- Media, technology and telecoms > Technology transactions
- Media, technology and telecoms > Telecoms and broadcast: regulatory
- Finance > Capital markets: high-yield debt offerings
- Media, technology and telecoms > Cyber law (including data privacy and data protection)
- Environment > Environment: transactional
- M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: large deals ($1bn+)
- Antitrust > Merger control
- Energy > Renewable/alternative power
- Tax > US taxes: non-contentious
- Intellectual property > Patents: litigation (full coverage)
- Real estate > Real estate finance
- Finance > Capital markets: debt offerings
- Dispute resolution > Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense