Mayer Brown strengthens its public policy, regulatory & government affairs practice with Andrew Hartlage in Washington DC. * Author Cynthia Lydia Marbaniang * Published September 22, 2026 WASHINGTON DC - Mayer Brown announced today that Andrew Hartlage has joined the firm as a partner in its Public Policy, Regulatory & Government Affairs practice in Washington DC. Prior to joining Mayer Brown, Andrew served as senior special counsel in the Legal Division of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and most recently was detailed to the staff of the House Financial Services Committee. "Andrew will further expand our historically-strong capabilities to advise financial services firms on their most important Washington-related matters," said Howard Waltzman, co-leader of the firm's Public Policy, Regulatory & Government Affairs practice. "He has built a remarkable record of experience addressing the full spectrum of regulatory issues facing banking organizations as well as advising public policymakers at the highest levels of government." Andrew brings more than 13 years of experience in financial services policy. He was the Federal Reserve's primary expert on a wide range of banking regulatory and supervisory matters and regularly advised Federal Reserve governors and senior staff on complex policy issues including capital regulation, activities permissibility, mergers and acquisitions, resolution planning, and insurance supervision. During his tenure at the Federal Reserve, he also built relationships with the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, and the US Department of Treasury. Most recently, he served on detail to the staff of the House Financial Services Committee, where he advised members of Congress and staff on important financial services legislation and hearings. "I am excited to join Mayer Brown's leading financial services platform and collaborate with others across the firm's market-leading Public Policy, Regulatory & Government Affairs and Financial Services practices," said Andrew. "The firm has an outstanding reputation for helping clients address their most important policy considerations, and I look forward to supporting clients as they respond to an evolving financial services landscape." "Andrew's technical banking law expertise combined with his first-hand experience in public policy makes him uniquely capable to advise financial services clients on complex regulatory and legislative matters," said Andrew Olmem, managing partner of Mayer Brown's Washington DC office. "His experience from the Federal Reserve and Capitol Hill will be a tremendous asset to our clients. We are delighted to welcome him to the firm." Where the legal industry reads first. No spam. Unsubscribe anytime. From Legal Desire Is your firm the one being cited, or the one being skipped? Legal Desire ran the test. On several everyday legal questions, software companies are answering and law firms are not. Legal Desire help firms fix that, and Legal Desire build the technology behind the practice.

GlobalCapital's 2026 Americas Derivatives Awards: the winners. GlobalCapital September 18, 2026 03:04 pm The Americas derivatives market gathered in New York to recognise and celebrate outstanding achievement across the industry. The Americas derivatives market got together on Thursday evening at New York's Metropolitan Club to celebrate the institutions that made an impact over the past year. This year's Americas Derivatives Awards winners recognised achievement across the period April 1, 2025 to March 31, 2026 - a stretch in which volatility stemming from the Middle East, rising interest rates and a shifting geopolitical backdrop tested nearly every market participant. Across 60 categories, over 100 institutions were shortlisted, and 90 pitch meetings were conducted over the course of this year's awards judging process. GlobalCapital is grateful to every organisation that took the time to meet Bank Climate Advocates and make the case for their business. If there was one thread running through this year's pitches, it was purpose. Firms were focused on solving client problems in real time, with hedging and liquidity solutions the common language of an industry navigating uncertainty. Picking winners from that field was no easy task. Below is just a flavor of the night's headline results. The full nominee shortlists and the winners can be found below. The night belonged to Bank of America, which claimed both the Americas Derivatives House of the Year and the Global Derivatives House of the Year for good measure. The bank also took home the titles for the Commodity, FX, Inflation, Equity and Interest Rate Derivatives House of the Year. The bank stood out for helping clients navigate real geopolitical and market disruption, from commodity supply shocks to currency volatility, while backing that resilience with deep structuring expertise and the scale to handle the market's most complex risks. The night in photos can be seen below: On the legal side, Mayer Brown extended its own run, becoming Americas Law Firm of the Year for a fifth consecutive year while also picking up US Law Firm of the Year - recognition for a firm that keeps positioning itself exactly where the market is heading next. Elsewhere, Santander made it three years running as Latin America Derivatives House of the Year, RBC Capital Markets was named Canada Derivatives House of the Year, and Borden Ladner Gervais took home Canada Law Firm of the Year. Behind every one of these wins sat months of groundwork - market soundings, written submissions and wide-ranging pitches gathered from across the Americas derivatives landscape, all weighed carefully by its editorial panel before a single name was chosen. Thank you to everyone who gave their time through submissions and pitch interviews this year. And to all of this year's nominees and winners - many congratulations. Finally, none of this would have been possible without the support of its event partners. Platinum event partners GoldenTree Asset Management: GoldenTree is an employee-owned, global credit asset manager founded in 2000 by Steven Tananbaum, with a footprint spanning high yield bonds, leveraged loans, private credit, distressed debt, structured credit, emerging markets, real estate, private equity and credit-themed equities. Now managing over $71bn for institutional investors - including major public and corporate pensions, endowments, foundations and insurance companies - it stands as one of the largest independent credit managers globally. Bank of America: Bank of America is one of the world's largest financial institutions, providing banking, investing, asset management and risk management products and services to individuals, businesses, governments and institutions across more than 35 countries. Through its global markets division, it stands as one of the most active players in the derivatives space, delivering hedging, structuring and risk solutions across equities, rates, FX, commodities and credit to clients ranging from corporates to sovereigns. Gold event partners BBVA, OTCX, Numerix, RBC Capital Markets and Santander Corporate and Investment Banking IMPORTANT: Event partnerships are entirely separate from the awards judging process. Event partners are approached only after the judging process has been completed and the winners have been determined. Partnership decisions are made independently and have no influence on the selection of nominees or winners. The winners. If you have any queries about the Awards, please contact Ekta Kharat. For information on commercial opportunities related to the Awards, please contact Holly James.

Mayer Brown has added Scott Ashton as partner and Brian Bates as senior counsel to its Capital Markets practice in London. The pair specialise in cross-border securities offerings, representing issuers and placement agents in debt and equity transactions. They focus particularly on advising non-US entities making cross-border private placements to US financial institutions and pension funds. The duo has represented issuers on approximately 30% of total cross-border US private placement debt issuance in recent years. Both lawyers have contributed to developing industry-standard documentation, including Loan Market Association private placement documentation and model forms for the cross-border private placement market. Jon Van Gorp said the additions strengthen the firm's leading position in debt capital markets.