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Bruce Bennett

Bruce Bennett represents domestic and global financial institutions and other market participants in global market transactions and regulations. Bruce’s work spans capital markets and futures and derivatives markets, including regulatory matters involving the SEC, FINRA, the CFTC and the prudential banking regulators. He also leads the firm’s efforts in representing issuers and derivatives dealers in convertible notes and other equity-linked product transactions in entering into equity derivatives hedging transactions, as well as in matters relating to the regulation of broker-dealers.

Bruce co-chairs the firm’s Financial Services Group, is a Vice Chair of the firm’s Public Service Committee and is a member of the firm’s Diversity and Inclusion Committee.

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