Peter Y. Malyshev, is partner at Sidley Austin’s Washington, D.C. office where he practices derivatives and commodities law and focuses his practice on regulatory, compliance and transactional issues relating to commodities, digital assets, securities and derivatives products markets. Mr. Malyshev assists various derivatives markets participants with formulating their regulatory compliance efforts under the Commodity Exchange Act, Dodd-Frank Act and Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) regulations thereunder. His clients include exchanges (including event and prediction markets and defi platforms) and derivatives and fintech (including AI) market participants, such as brokers, advisers and fund managers. As a part of Mr. Malyshev’s broader practice, he advises and assists clients in structuring risk management and hedging transactions with financial institutions, energy traders, agricultural producers and commodities dealers, as well as other end-users and dealers such as airlines, emission producers and digital assets infrastructure providers. Mr. Malyshev is recognized as a Band 1 practitioner by Chambers USA, among Best Lawyers of America and among other top industry rankings. Mr. Malyshev has published numerous articles on derivatives and commodities regulations and is a frequent speaker at industry conferences discussing regulatory issues relating to commodities, digital assets, fintech, energy and climate change.