About Stephen Morris

Stephen Morris is a financial markets and funds partner at Katten, and has extensive experience as in-house counsel at a leading multinational financial institution and as a trial attorney with the Commodity Futures Trading Commission. As a former senior in-house coverage attorney for the institutional listed derivatives and clearing business of a top-tier broker-dealer/futures commission merchant, Stephen knows regulations surrounding the clearing of futures, equity options and cleared swaps. He counsels on routine documentation to regulatory investigations and enforcement issues, and handles regulatory issues relating to digital assets, digital asset securities and cryptocurrencies. Stephen frequently serves as a FIA Legal & Compliance Conference panel chair.