Frank J. Weigand

Frank J. Weigand is Chair of Cahill’s Trading & Markets Group and a member of the firm’s Digital Assets and Emerging Technology Group.

Frank focuses his practice on securities, commodities, and digital assets matters, and his clients include a broad range of market participants, including banks, broker-dealers, and funds as well as a full spectrum of participants across the digital asset markets.

Frank advises clients on both regulatory and transactional matters, with a particular focus on solving strategically complex problems and working with clients to develop new products. His many years of experience advising regulated entities in traditional markets gives him the depth and context needed to appropriately advise on regulatory implications relevant to digital asset matters.

From a subject matter standpoint, Frank possesses an intimate knowledge of broker-deal and securities regulation having previously served as general counsel of two broker-dealers: HSBC Securities (USA) Inc, and Oasis Pro Markets, LLC. He also has spent the vast majority of his career advising on trading, derivatives, and structured transactions relating to asset classes, including equities, fixed income, FX, precious metals, and credit. From 2016 to 2021, Frank was the Americas Head of Legal for HSBC's Global Markets division, a role in which he was responsible for managing the legal and regulatory risk for HSBC’s trading and derivatives activities in the United States and throughout the Americas region. As a result of this firsthand experience advising numerous business lines within a global financial institution, Frank is capable of providing practical risk-based advice on a real-time basis, which is of critical importance to firms running trading businesses.

Frank has also advised clients on investigations and enforcement matters and has significant experience with large-scale global compliance matters from both a proactive and remedial standpoint.

Professional Activities:

• Member | NYC Bar Subcommittee on Digital Assets (2023-present)
• Member | NYC Bar Futures and Derivatives Committee (2023-present)
• Federal Reserve Bank of New York | Financial Markets Lawyers Group (FMLG) (2014 – 2021)
• Co-Chair | PLI’s annual “Understanding the Securities Laws” (2022)
• Co-Chair | PLI’s annual “Pocket MBA for Lawyers” (2017 – 2021)
• NYC Bar Association | In-House Counsel Committee (2016 – 2019)
• Guest Lecturer on Digital Assets | Fordham Law School and Columbia University