CFTC General Counsel Dan Davis To Depart Agency On January 15 Date
11/01/2021
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission today announced that Daniel J. Davis, the CFTC’s General Counsel and head of the Legal Division, will depart the agency on January 15, 2021 for a role in the private sector. Mr. Davis has served as General Counsel since joining the agency in March 2017.
“When I recommended Dan for this role, I knew he would be the ideal General Counsel for this agency. He has more than met that high bar, displaying his wide range of incredible talents in advising the Commission over the past four years,” said CFTC Chairman Heath P. Tarbert. “He has been the steady hand in reviewing the agency’s rulemakings and enforcement actions, managing the appellate docket, and providing wise counsel on legislative and general law issues. He helmed multiple historic appellate victories including successfully obtaining the agency’s first writ of mandamus in federal court. H
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Prominent Antitrust Lawyer Karel Bourgeois Joins Crowell & Moring in Brussels
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Karel Bourgeois is joining Crowell & Moring s Brussels office as a partner in its Antitrust and Competition Group, expanding the firm s capability to counsel clients on their most complex European competition and state aid matters.
Prominent Antitrust Lawyer Karel Bourgeois Joins Crowell & Moring in Brussels
Bourgeois brings over 15 years of experience representing a wide range of clients in merger control, abuse of dominance, and cartel cases before the European Commission, the Belgian Competition Authority, and other regulatory authorities. As one of the few state aid authorities in the Brussels bar, Bourgeois also represents clients in strategic state aid cases, an increasingly important component of European competition law. He has in-depth experience working with clients in the technology, media and telecommunications, infrastructur
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