The CFTC Announces Appointment of Gary Barnett as Swaps Division Director (Press Release)

CFTC Press Release 6095-11

August 22, 2011

The CFTC announced the appointment of Gary Barnett to serve as the agency's Director of the Division of Swap Dealer and Intermediary Oversight. The new division is part of the agency's restructuring to fulfill its expanded responsibilities under the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act. Barnett will play a key role in the CFTC's efforts to regulate the swaps market under the law.

Mr. Barnett, a former partner at Cadwalader, currently heads the U.S. Derivatives and Structured Finance Practice Group at Linklaters LLP in New York, NY, where his specialty is the global swaps markets. Prior to being at Linklaters, Mr. Barnett was the co-head of the Securitization and Derivatives Practice at Shearman Sterling LLP.