Paul M. Architzel's practice covered all areas of futures and swap regulation, including the regulation of futures exchanges, swap execution facilities, foreign boards of trade, derivatives clearing organizations, futures commission merchants, introducing brokers, commodity pool operators and commodity trading advisors. He was an authority on issues involving the listed derivatives markets, the clearing and trading of OTC derivatives, end-user market participation and cross-border access issues. He also handled complex matters that involve the overlapping jurisdiction of securities and futures regulations, as well as compliance issues facing hedge funds and commodity pools. Mr. Architzel practiced actively before the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) as well as the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), and was a frequent speaker at futures and derivatives industry conferences.

Before entering private practice, Mr. Architzel served as Chief Counsel of the CFTC's Division of Economic Analysis, now the Division of Market Oversight, for more than 25 years, and was the chief architect of the Core Principle framework for futures market regulation. Mr. Architzel also spent several years as the chief US regulatory counsel for Eurex Frankfurt AG, a global derivatives/futures exchange and clearinghouse.

Professional Activities

Mr. Architzel was an adjunct professor of law in the Securities and Financial Regulation LLM program at Georgetown University Law Center where he taught Futures Regulation and the Commodity Exchange Act.