Kenneth Raisler is a member of Sullivan & Cromwell’s Commodities, Futures and Derivatives Group. The Group is responsible for a full range of regulatory, transactional and litigation advice in the commodities, securities and banking areas to its brokerage, investment banking, banking and commercial clients.
Mr. Raisler was an assistant U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia from 1977 to 1982 in the Criminal and Civil Divisions. He then joined the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) and was the general counsel of the Commission from 1983 to 1987.
Mr. Raisler is the past chairman of the ABA Derivatives and Futures Law Committee from 2015-2017. Mr. Raisler was the chairman of the New York City Bar Committee on Futures Regulation from 1988 to 1991. He was a member of the Working Group of The Group of Thirty Derivatives Project. From 1992 to 2023, he was a member of the board of directors of the Futures Industry Association. He also served as a member of the board of directors of the Managed Funds Association. Mr. Raisler is a member of the executive committee of the board of trustees of NYU School of Law and chair of the board’s Development Committee.
