Arthur Hahn

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Arthur W. Hahn

Occupation	Partner
Employer	Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP
Location	Chicago, IL
Web site	www.kattenlaw.com

Mr. Hahn is a partner with Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP and a member of the firm's Executive Committee and Chairman of its National Financial Services Practice. He has a multi-disciplined practice, representing 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. Mr. Hahn also represents 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.

Background

Art 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 Executive Committee and is a Board Member and 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 serves on the Board of Trustees for the Institute for Financial Markets.^[1]. He 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 is recognized as 2007 Illinois Super Lawyer and is listed in the 2008 edition of Best Lawyers in Americaan annual referral guide which evaluates attorneys in 78 specialties, covering all 50 states and the District of Columbia.

Education

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. He received his B.A., Miami University.