Clifford Chance
Ben Peacock represents clients in criminal and regulatory investigations and in civil litigation. Ben has specific experience in investigations and civil litigation involving commodities, derivatives and securities.
Ben routinely represents clients before a number of US agencies, including the Department of Justice, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, the Securities and Exchange Commission, as well as a number of US self-regulatory organizations, including the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, the Intercontinental Exchange, and the National Futures Association. Ben also has a commodities and derivatives advisory practice, including representing trading companies in connection with trading-conduct risk assessments and other trading-related issues.
- A major global financial institution in connection with a class action alleging price-fixing and manipulation of precious metals benchmarks.
- Two individuals sued by former US President Donald Trump for their alleged efforts to exert improper influence over the 2016 US Presidential election.
- A hedge fund in connection with investigations of alleged price manipulation of futures and securities by multiple US and foreign authorities.
- A major European energy company in connection with a risk-assessment of its oil-trading operations.
- A vertically integrated energy company in connection with a review of policies and risk assessment of its global commodities-trading operations.
- A major financial institution in multi-jurisdictional regulatory investigations, including DOJ and CFTC, and numerous class actions alleging price-fixing and manipulation of LIBOR and related benchmarks
- A major US financial institution in connection with remediation of its foreign · exchange trading practices, including the drafting of new foreign exchange policies and procedures.
- A hedge fund in connection with a review of policies and risk assessment of its global commodities- and securities-trading operations.
- A joint venture in connection with investigations by CFTC and New York Attorney General of spoofing and other foreign exchange market-related misconduct.
- Multiple financial institutions in connection with spoofing investigations.
- A digital assets company in connection with an SEC investigation into its offering of digital tokens.
- An investment manager in connection with DOJ and SEC investigations into the collapse of FTX.
- A digital assets company in connection with US regulatory issues.
- Former Alstom executive Lawrence Hoskins in a criminal FCPA jury trial, in which all FCPA charges against Mr. Hoskins were defeated.
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Contact details
- Clifford Chance, New York
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- Practice area Litigation, dispute resolution & risk management, Financial regulation
Career and qualifications
- University of Georgia (BA)
- New York University School of Law (JD)
- Admitted as an Attorney-at-Law in New York 2011
- Joined Clifford Chance 2010