Douglas E. Arend

Doug Arend focuses his practice on commodity futures, derivatives and securities, with an emphasis on managed funds. He represents registered and exempt investment advisers, commodity pools and hedge funds, traditional proprietary trading firms, introducing brokers, futures commission merchants and broker-dealers. Doug has significant experience advising funded-trader proprietary trading firms regarding a wide variety of structuring and regulatory matters. He concentrates on complex transactional and regulatory matters, including public and private offerings, fund formation, business structuring, registration and compliance. His experience includes regulatory matters involving designated contract markets and derivatives clearing organizations, particularly in the area of prediction markets offering event contracts.

Concentrations

• Commodity futures, derivatives and securities
• Fund formation and business structuring
• Private placements
• Spot and derivative cryptocurrency trading
• Hedge Funds and commodity pools
• Broker-dealers and investment advisers