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<p>Ryne Miller will be speaking at the Derivatives and Futures Law Committee Meeting, an ABA conference attended by leading legal and financial experts to learn about cutting-edge insights and practical solutions in derivatives and futures law. This unparalleled event will delve into the regulatory challenges, evolving case law, and emerging trends shaping the futures and derivatives markets with opportunities to network with industry leaders, exchange ideas with peers, and stay ahead of the curve in this fast-evolving field.</p><p>Ryne will serve as Panel Chair for the “Market Structure Innovation/Other New Products (Concurrent)” panel on January 29, 2026, from 4:30 to 5:30 p.m. ET.</p><p>Ryne’s panel will examine recent and proposed market structure developments from the past year, including 24/7 trading, vertical integration, non-intermediation, shifting trading patterns and venues, and the growing influence of retail “finfluencers” and gamification in trading.</p><p>Morrison Foerster partners Rhys Bortignon and Trevor Levine will also be in attendance.</p><p>To learn more information and to register, please visit the <a href="https://events.americanbar.org/event/b42c8bf1-7308-4bdf-9eba-ed3db9323dbb/summary" target="_blank">website</a>.</p><hr>

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<p>Ryne Miller is a partner in the firm’s Financial Services Group, advising global trading and markets businesses, financial institutions, and fintech companies on complex regulatory, governance, investigative, and transactional matters. He is widely sought for his experience across traditional and emerging markets, including commodities, derivatives, securities, digital assets, and prediction markets. Ryne delivers clear, commercially focused guidance to help clients achieve strategic objectives and is valued for his longstanding relationships with market participants and regulators across the trading and markets industry.<br></p><p>Clients rely on Ryne’s deep experience with the regulatory and enforcement programs of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), Securities and Exchange Commission, FINRA, National Futures Association, FinCEN, Department of Justice, and other federal and state regulators. Executives consistently seek his judgment on high-stakes matters involving investigations, governance, strategic relationships and negotiations, and crisis and incident response.<br></p><p>Ryne is a frequent speaker at trading and markets industry events, a guest lecturer at leading U.S. law and business schools, and has testified before Congress on digital asset market structure regulation. He has also participated in a CFTC roundtable on the evolution of U.S. derivatives market structure.<br></p><p>Before joining Morrison Foerster, Ryne served as chair of the Commodities, Futures & Derivatives Group and co-chair of the Fintech, Crypto, Trading & Markets Group at another leading law firm. Earlier in his career, he was a New York-based partner and co-head of the Commodities and Derivatives practice at an Am Law 10 firm, served as legal counsel to a former chairman of the CFTC, and was general counsel to a U.S. financial services and digital assets business.</p>

Ryne Miller

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<p>Rhys Bortignon is a partner in Morrison Foerster’s Capital Markets practice, based in New York. Rhys’ practice focuses on derivatives and structured products. He is a member of the firm’s Derivatives, Commodities + Structured Products practice group and Co-Head of its Securities + Derivatives Regulatory Solutions team.</p><p>With a focus on practical and commercial solutions, Rhys provides counsel to a diverse range of U.S. and international clients, from both the buy side and sell side, including corporates, investment banks, commercial banks, private equity, funds, investment managers, and sovereigns. Rhys offers strategic guidance to his clients from both a transactional and a regulatory perspective and navigates complex cross-border issues with proficiency, providing pragmatic advice to clients operating globally.</p><p>Rhys’ experience spans the spectrum of derivative transactions across asset classes, including rates, foreign exchange, credit, equity, digital assets, and commodities. He also frequently advises on margin loans, repo and securities lending transactions, the hedging components of project and corporate financings, as well as various structured products. </p><p>Rhys is well-versed in U.S. derivatives legal and regulatory matters under the Dodd-Frank Act, the Commodity Exchange Act, and the Securities Exchange Act as well as related CFTC, SEC, and prudential regulation, including the regulation of security-based swaps, swaps, futures and options as well as security-based swap dealers, futures commission merchants, introducing brokers, swap dealers, commodity pool operators, commodity trading advisors, and exchanges and clearing organizations. </p><p>Rhys advises on leading-edge issues in the derivatives space, such as AI, digital assets, distributed ledger technologies (including DeFi), energy transition matters, and sustainability-linked transactions. He frequently authors thought leadership pieces on current and proposed derivatives regulations in the United States.</p><p>Rhys sits on the Board of Directors of the LGBT Bar Association of New York, a voluntary professional organization dedicated to ensuring full equality for members of the LGBTQ+ community, promoting the advancement of LGBTQ+ legal professionals, and serving the larger community through various pro bono initiatives.</p><p>Prior to joining the firm, Rhys was counsel at another international law firm in New York. He also gained experience as an associate at leading law firms in London and Sydney. </p><p>Rhys is admitted to practice law in New York, England & Wales, and New South Wales, Australia.</p><h4>Representative Experience</h4><h5>Securitizations</h5><ul><li>Advised a global vehicle rental and leasing company with respect to its derivatives transactional and regulatory matters, including in connection with its international securitization platform and related financing activities</li></ul><h5>Equity Derivatives</h5><ul><li>Represented a leading geothermal company engaged in recovered energy generation in connection with its Rule 144A private offering of green convertible senior notes and the negotiation and execution of the associated capped call transactions with various dealer counterparties</li><li>Represented a data security and analytics pioneer in connection with its private Rule 144A offering of convertible senior notes, and the negotiation and execution of the associated capped call transactions with various dealer counterparties</li><li>Represented the initial purchasers and the capped call transaction counterparties in a digital sports betting and gaming platform’s offering of convertible senior notes, including the negotiation and execution of the associated capped call transactions</li><li>Represented a major South American mobile telecoms operator on its derivatives trading documentation in connection with its high-yield bond tap issuance</li><li>Represented the sole bookrunner in connection with the offering of a leading player in the global snack arena’s guaranteed zero-coupon exchangeable bonds and associated derivatives elements</li></ul><h5>Lending + Finance</h5><ul><li>Represented an international specialty finance company in connection with its global funding structure, which included: a notes offering; a consent solicitation of the holders of multiple preexisting issuances of notes; an amended multi-currency revolving credit facility; and the amendment and restatement of the company’s private placement notes purchase agreement</li><li>Represented a portfolio company of a Canadian asset management firm in connection with its entrance into a warehouse facility intended to finance a portfolio of consumer home rental contracts</li></ul><h5>Business Restructuring + Insolvency</h5><ul><li>Represented an operator of power infrastructure in the United States and its applicable debtor subsidiaries in connection with the consummation of the strategic transactions contemplated by the company’s chapter 11 plan of reorganization and provided assistance with the completion of its restructuring. The plan of reorganization entailed, among other components: the infusion of new equity capital pursuant to a common equity rights offering; a revolving credit facility; a Term Loan B credit facility; a Term Loan C credit facility; and a bilateral line of credit, as well as full repayment of the company's formerly existing first-lien funded debt and the consensual equitization of all of the company’s formerly existing unsecured notes. Representation included the drafting and negotiation of the foregoing debt financing transactions (including implementing intercreditor and first-lien security arrangements for derivative counterparties) and the renegotiation and implementation of commodity derivative documentation with several counterparties.</li></ul><h5>Project Finance</h5><p>Advised on the derivatives transactional and regulatory aspects of several high-profile project financing matters, including drafting and negotiation derivatives documentation, structuring hedging trades, and advising on intercreditor and other related matters:</p><ul><li>Represented a group of 13 commercial banks in connection with a non-recourse senior secured financing of the redevelopment of multiple terminals of a major global airport in the United States</li><li>Represented a group of international commercial banks in connection with a non-recourse financing of a wind project in Brazil</li><li>Represented a group of international banks as lenders and issuing banks in connection with the non-recourse first- and second-lien project financings of a wind farm and a solar power plant in Chile</li><li>Represented a leading private equity firm specializing in the energy industry in connection with a senior secured facility to finance the development, operation and maintenance of certain assets in the United States</li></ul><h5>M&A</h5><ul><li>Represented a leading private equity firm specializing in the energy industry in its sale of one of the premier independent utility-scale energy storage and renewable energy platforms in the United States to a French multinational utility company</li></ul>

Rhys Bortignon

Co-Head of Securities + Derivatives Regulatory Solutions

<p>Trevor Levine is a partner in the firm’s Financial Services Group, where he advises financial services firms and digital asset companies on turning regulatory complexity into commercial opportunity. He advises clients operating at the intersection of finance and technology, guiding them through rapidly evolving legal frameworks while supporting growth, innovation, and market expansion.<br></p><p>Trevor advises exchanges, intermediaries, market participants, and technology companies on issues arising under the Commodity Exchange Act, including representing clients seeking to register with the CFTC and NFA. He also helps clients navigate federal securities laws, FINRA rules, and state money transmission laws. Clients trust Trevor to guide them through regulatory inquiries while helping them design, launch, and operationalize compliant financial products and structures, including advising on applicable registration and licensing processes.<br></p><p>Before joining Morrison Foerster, Trevor served as general counsel to a brokerage firm focused on the digital asset, Bitcoin mining, and data center sectors. In that role, he oversaw legal and regulatory matters across multiple regulated subsidiaries, including a FINRA-registered broker-dealer, an NFA-registered introducing broker, and a New York BitLicensee. He also previously worked in-house at a large, regulated digital asset trading platform, where he advised on the acquisition and maintenance of CFTC, SEC, and state licenses.<br></p><p>Earlier in his career, Trevor practiced at two Am Law 100 firms, advising clients on a range of regulatory matters, including CFTC inquiries related to reporting obligations and market activity, as well as state and federal regulatory issues involving consumer lending practices. He has also advised companies on the development and launch of blockchain networks, cryptocurrencies, and decentralized applications.</p>

ABA Derivatives and Futures Law Committee Meeting

29 Jan 2026 - 31 Jan 2026