John Nielsen Bio

John Nielsen is a partner in the Corporate group with a broad-based practice encompassing compliance with U.S. securities laws and self-regulatory organization (SRO) requirements, corporate financings, mergers and acquisitions, employment issues and general corporate matters. Formerly general counsel for two institutional broker-dealers, Mr. Nielsen also brings significant experience in broker-dealer, trading and market-related issues and has dealt extensively with various regulatory authorities, including the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA), the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC).