Arthur W. Hahn

Arthur Hahn is a member of the Firm's Executive Committee and Chairman of its National Financial Services Practice.  He attended the London School of Economics and Political Science.  Mr. Hahn received his J.D. degree from Northwestern University School of Law.  He served on the legislative staff of U.S. Senator Paul H. Douglas and clerked on the Federal District Court for the Northern District of Illinois. 

Mr. Hahn has a multi-disciplined practice, including:

• representation of major international banks and brokerage firms in connection with their cash and derivatives products, including interfacing with exchanges, regulatory compliance, principal trading and sales practices issues, litigation and enforcement matters;
• representation of international equity and commodity exchanges and clearing houses in connection with their business structuring, trading rules, technology initiatives, cross-border SEC and CFTC licenses and international insolvency issues; and
• representation of technology companies in connection with business strategies, capital formation and mergers and acquisitions.

Mr. Hahn currently serves as Vice-Chair of the Financial Products and Services Committee of the American Bar Association Section of International Law; serves on the Board of Directors of the Futures Industry Association and on the Executive Committee and Board of Trustees of the Institute for Financial Markets; is a former Chairman of the Illinois Council on Economic Education; is a member and Chairman of the Subcommittee on International Bankruptcy of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission Global Markets Advisory Committee; and is an Editorial Board Member of the Capital Markets Law Journal for the Oxford University Press. Mr. Hahn was the founding Faculty Chairman of the Chicago Kent Illinois Institute of Technology Graduate School of Financial Services Law (serving from 1988 through 1999) and is a Trustee of the Ravinia Festival. Mr. Hahn lectures and writes frequently on subjects relating to financial services. He has been listed in The Best Lawyers in America for the past twenty years.