Overview –
Ryne Miller is the Founder and Managing Partner of Miller Strategic Partners LLP. He is based in New York City.
Miller delivers timely advice and tailored advocacy that pulls from his prior experiences as a senior U.S. financial markets regulator, a seasoned trading and markets regulatory counsel to major global financial institutions, and a general counsel for a U.S. financial services and digital assets business. Client objectives and client timelines are Miller’s driving focus.
Experience –
U.S. and global leaders at both traditional financial markets firms and innovative financial technology companies have engaged with Ryne Miller for more than 10 years to pursue their most important and strategic projects and matters—from idea generation and design, regulatory analysis, and license applications, to commercial launch.
Clients have also long valued Miller as a strategic guide and counsel through governmental and regulatory investigations. These engagements include trading and trade conduct investigations along with a wide range of broader regulatory and compliance based inquiries for commodities, derivatives, securities, and digital asset businesses. Miller’s clients include both companies and individuals.
He counsels clients on investigative matters involving the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA), the National Futures Association (NFA), the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN), the Department of Justice (DOJ), and multiple other Federal and state regulatory bodies.
In addition, he advises companies and executives through high stakes and sensitive internal matters, including negotiations with material business partners on key strategic relationships, governance design (particularly for emerging financial technology companies), and the management of a range of crisis and incident response situations.
Bar Memberships and Participation –
Member, New York City Bar Association Futures and Derivatives Regulation Committee
Member, American Bar Association Business Law Section – Derivatives and Futures Law Committee
New York State Bar – Appellate Division, First Department
State of Oklahoma – Oklahoma Bar Association
Prior Professional Experience –
General Counsel, FTX US (New York, NY)
Partner & Co-Head of the Commodities, Futures, and Derivatives Group, Sullivan & Cromwell LLP (New York, NY)
Associate, General Practice Group, Sullivan & Cromwell LLP (New York, NY)
Legal Counsel to Chairman Gary Gensler, U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (Washington, DC)
Attorney Advisor, Division of Market Oversight, U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (Washington, DC)
Law Clerk, Magistrate Judge Steven P. Shreder, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Oklahoma (Muskogee, OK)
Associate, Corporate Group, McAfee & Taft (Oklahoma City, OK)
Policy Leadership and Speaking –
Miller is a frequent public speaker at financial markets and financial technology conferences (both for industry and regulator/legislator audiences), and he has been a regular guest speaker for university and law school classes and related programs at schools including NYU, Columbia, Penn, Stanford, Fordham, MIT, Harvard, and others. He often speaks on topics addressing the U.S. and global regulation of financial markets; trade conduct rules as applied to commodities, derivatives, and securities trading firms; and financial technology policy and regulation (including digital assets and blockchain regulation).
Education –
LL.M. International Legal Studies, New York University School of Law
J.D. University of Oklahoma College of Law
B.S. Economics, Oklahoma State University
Contact
Location
New York City, NY