Mr. Daniel Robert Hugunine

Practice Details

• Firm Information
  Position

  Shareholder

  Firm Name

  Dentons Sirote PC
• Representative Cases & Transactions
  Cases

  Representative Matters: Derivatives: Acted as counsel for large U.S. commercial bank in connection with the bank's implementation of the derivatives market reforms imposed under the Dodd-Frank Act. Dan's role included assessing the impact of the Dodd-Frank Act on the bank's current derivatives trading practices, updating trading documentation,
  assisting in the establishment of clearing relationships.
  Vendor Management: Significant experience advising financial institutions on vendor management issues, including negotiating service provider agreements, master agreements, professional services agreements, nondisclosure agreements,
  statements of work
  Broker-dealer Consolidation: Acted as counsel for large, international banking organization with significant operations in the United States in connection with the planning
  implementation of a complex transaction to consolidate the operations of a wholesale, institutional, client-based broker-dealer
  a retail client-based broker-dealer.
  Municipal Advisor: Acts as counsel for a large United States commercial bank on the impact of the SEC's municipal advisor rule, including registration requirements, impact of the municipal advisor rule on derivatives trading relationships, scope of the rule's advice
  solicitation requirements,
  application of the various exemptions
  exclusions from municipal advisor registration
  Derivatives Advisory Group: Acted as counsel for commercial bank in the development of its derivatives advisory group, including the review
  negotiation of various agreements for the purpose of establishing derivatives trading relationships, consultation regarding potential U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC)
  bank regulatory issues,
  assessing registration requirements
  Dual Employee Arrangements: Acted as counsel for a large United States commercial bank in connection with drafting the bank's employee leasing
  expense sharing arrangement with its broker-dealer affiliate
  Insurance Producers: Acted as counsel to a large national broker-dealer to address regulatory matters regarding state insurance producer licensing requirements applicable to insurance agencies engaging in the sale of variable insurance products
  Liquidity Management: Acts as counsel to a large regional commercial bank in connection with the establishment of a service available to institutional customers to provide such customers with access to information regarding money market funds
  the capability to enter money market fund trade requests online
  manage their excess liquidity
  Foreign Exchange: Acted as counsel to a large United States commercial bank in connection with reviewing
  updating the bank's foreign exchange
  multi-currency account agreements for use with customers
  Investment Advisor Spin-off: Acted as counsel for a large international banking organization with significant operations in the United States in connection with the coordination
  implementation of the transition of certain investment advisory clients of the international banking organization's United States advisory affiliate to a newly formed investment advisory firm