|
William Tueting is a partner in the firm's Corporate and Securities Department and a member of the Private Equity and Hedge Fund Group. He has been practicing law since 1968. Mr. Tueting, who joined Chapman and Cutler LLP in 2003, has extensive experience in transactions involving securities, derivatives and commodities issues and in representing securities and commodity brokers, investment advisers, hedge funds and banks in securities and commodities matters, including regulatory investigations, litigation in federal and state courts and arbitration forums. He has advised clients on the legal issues involved in forming hedge funds, including documentation and investment matters. Mr. Tueting has also represented clients in U.S. and offshore financial and derivatives transactions for foreign companies and investment funds. Licensed in 1968, he has practiced law in New York, Washington, D.C. and Chicago. Mr. Tueting is a former general counsel of the Chicago Board of Trade, where he managed a legal team and was responsible for all of the exchange's legal affairs, including regulatory matters, real estate, general corporate issues, internal compliance activity, telecommunications and congressional investigations. He also served as a director of contract markets for the Commodity Futures Trading Commission in Washington, D.C., where he oversaw regulation of U.S. commodity exchanges, drafted exchange regulations and investigated compliance activity. | 