Peter Y. Malyshev

Partner

Washington, D.C.+1 202 736 8826

Securities Enforcement and Regulatory

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Biography

PETER MALYSHEV is a top-ranked regulatory lawyer, with three decades of experience advising financial institutions, market intermediaries, and commercial end users on complex regulatory, compliance, and transactional matters involving derivatives, commodities, securities, and emerging financial products. His practice focuses on the regulatory frameworks governing global derivatives markets, including oversight by the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) and the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).

Peter is highly regarded by the industry and his clients for his regulatory knowledge and ability to apply it to business. He counsels U.S. and non-U.S. clients on both over-the-counter and exchange-traded derivatives across a wide range of asset classes. His work spans digital assets, interest rate and credit derivatives, foreign exchange, energy and environmental commodities, agricultural products, metals, and structured financial instruments. He regularly assists clients with the structuring and execution of sophisticated risk-management and hedging strategies, as well as the development of innovative financial products such as event and prediction contracts.

Peter has deep experience guiding clients through registration, compliance, and exemption issues under the Dodd-Frank Act and related CFTC and SEC regulations, including cross-border regulatory considerations. He advises a wide spectrum of market participants, including swap dealers, futures commission merchants, commodity pool operators and advisors, introducing brokers, trading platforms, and foreign intermediaries, as well as commercial firms using derivatives to manage business risk. His work also encompasses compliance with self-regulatory organization requirements and exchange rules in the United States and internationally.

Peter is consistently recognized by leading legal directories and industry publications for excellence in derivatives and futures law. From 2020 through 2025, he has been ranked a Band 1 lawyer by Chambers. He is ranked by Chambers USA (2013–2025) and Chambers Global (2015–2025) for Nationwide U.S. Derivatives, where he is described as “inquisitive and thorough as well. He takes critical eye to everything which is good” (2025). Additionally, he is recognized by The Best Lawyers in America® as “Lawyer of the Year” for Washington Derivatives and Futures Law (2026), named to Lawdragon’s “500 Leading Dealmakers in America” list for Financial Regulation (2025–2026), and listed in IFLR1000 for U.S. Financial Services Regulatory work (2024). Legal 500 United States has also recommended Peter for Financial Services Regulation, and Structured Finance: Derivatives and Structured Products (2023).

Community Involvement

Membership & Activities

Adjunct professor at George Washington University and Georgetown University Law Schools since 2011
Former chair of the D.C. Bar Corporation Finance and Securities Law Community
Founder of the D.C. Bar Commodity Derivatives Subcommittee

Credentials

Admissions & Certifications

District of Columbia

Education

Georgetown University Law Center, LL.M., 2002
University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law, J.D., 1996
California State University - Sacramento, M.A., 1992

Capabilities

Securities Enforcement and Regulatory

News & Insights

Quoted in, “CFTC OK’s Risk-Transfer Exemption,” Green Street News, December 10, 2025.
Quoted in, “Who Is Selig? CFTC Pick Is Smart and Social, but Some Say Too Green,” Risk.net, December 9, 2025.
Co-author, “Use of Payment Stablecoins as Margin and Collateral Under the GENIUS Act,” Pratt’s Journal of Bankruptcy Law, October 2025.
Quoted in, “CFTC Operational Resilience Rules Have ‘No Chance’ of Revival,” Risk.net, September 4, 2025.
Author, “GENIUS Act Creates ‘Commodity’ Uncertainty for Stablecoins,” Law360, July 18, 2025.
Co-author, “Commodity Trading Entering Mainstream Puts Pressure on Congress,” Bloomberg Law, July 9, 2025.
Author, “Key Areas of Focus for the CFTC Under the Second Trump Administration,” Futures & Derivatives Law Report, May 29, 2025.
Quoted in, “CFTC Rocked by Exits and Sanctions as Crypto Reform Awaits,” Bloomberg, May 23, 2025.
Featured in, “Copper Ingots to Crypto: Derivatives Crash Course with Peter Malyshev,” The CFTC Observer Podcast: An Agency-Outsider’s Perspective of the Derivatives Industry, April 9, 2025.
Quoted in, “CFTC’s Doge-Inspired Drive to Enforcement May Fall Short,” Risk.net, April 7, 2025.
Co-author, “IOSCO’s Proposed Guidance on Pre-Hedging Practices,” The Global Regulatory Developments Journal, March-April 2025.
Quoted in, “Chiefs-Eagles Super Bowl ‘Trades’ Pit State Regulators Against Feds,” Bloomberg, February 7, 2025.
Author, “CFTC Under Trump Will Focus More on Existing Laws: Legal Insight,” Bloomberg Law, January 16, 2025.
Quoted in, “U.S. Climate Policy a ‘Double-Edged Sword,’” ESG Investor, November 20, 2024.
Quoted in, “Crypto: Confusion Forces Market to Self-Regulate,” IFLR, October 11, 2022.
Author, “Facing Unexpected Events in the US Financial Markets: Advice for Regulated and Unregulated Entities,” Financier Worldwide, October 2022.
Quoted in, “U.S. Crypto Regulation: Less Conversation, More Action,” IFLR, September 30, 2022.
Quoted in, “Tales From The Crypto Bill 2: From Fees To State Licensees,” Law360, June 13, 2022.

Speaker, “Tokenization is Coming. What is it, and What Does it Mean for Commodities and Derivatives Markets?” FIA Commodities Conference, Houston, TX, October 6-8, 2025.
Speaker, “Prediction Markets — A Legal Analysis,” BetBash, Las Vegas, NV, August 15, 2025.
Speaker, “Environmental Commodities: Latest in Regulation, Enforcement and Transactions,” FIA Law & Compliance Division Conference, Washington, D.C., April 24, 2025.
Speaker, “Impact of Technology Developments: Cybersecurity and Operational Resilience,” ABA Derivatives and Futures Law Winter Committee Meeting, Naples, FL, February 1, 2025.
Speaker, “Swap Execution Methods, SEFs, Give-up and Reporting,” PLI Advanced Swaps & Other Derivatives, New York, NY, October 21, 2024.
Speaker, “CFTC’s Evolving Disclosure Requirements,” FIA Webinar, September 26, 2024.
Moderator, “Commodity Financing,” FIA Forum: Commodities, Houston, TX, September 17, 2024.
Speaker, “How CFTC Regulation Impacts Hedgers and Municipalities,” APGA Gas Supply Conference, Naples, FL, May 8, 2024.
Speaker, “Enforcement Case Studies: MNPI, Trading Pitfalls, Disclosures,” FIA Law & Compliance Division Conference, Washington, D.C., April 25, 2024.
Speaker, “The Market Risk Advisory Committee’s Roundtable,” CFTC, Washington, D.C., March 15, 2024.
Speaker, “Market Structure Developments and Emerging Issues (Including Implications of Affiliation),” ABA Derivatives and Futures Law Winter Committee Meeting, Naples, FL, January 26, 2024.
Speaker, “Regulatory Developments and Priorities,” ISDA’s Annual Legal Forum, New York, NY, October 26, 2023.
Speaker, “Swap Execution Methods, SEFs, Give-up and Reporting,” PLI’s Advanced Swaps & Other Derivatives, New York, NY, October 23, 2023.
Speaker, “Commodity Futures and Derivatives,” Developments in the Regulation of Financial Products Conference, Washington, D.C., September 29, 2023.
Speaker, “Regulatory/Legal Issues for Swap Traders,” FIA Forum: Commodities, Houston, TX, September 14, 2023.
Speaker, “Climate-Related Market Risk Roundtable,” CFTC’s Market Risk Advisory Committee Meeting, Washington, D.C., July 10, 2023.
Speaker, “Rethinking Market Structure: Execution & Clearing,” FIA’s Law & Compliance Division Conference, Washington, D.C., April 27, 2023.
Moderator, “Crypto, Carbon and Other Regulatory Developments,” First Annual Symposium of the Futures and Derivatives Law Report, New York, NY, November 9, 2022.
Speaker, “Swap Execution Methods, SEFs, Give-up and Reporting,” PLI’s Advanced Swaps & Other Derivatives, New York, NY, October 18, 2022.
Speaker, “Opportunities for Industry from Listing a Regulated Magnesium Futures Contract,” 79th Annual IMA World Magnesium Conference, Barcelona, Spain, August 30, 2022.
Speaker, “Panel Discussion on Magnesium Supply Chain,” 79th Annual IMA World Magnesium Conference, Barcelona, Spain, August 30, 2022.
Speaker, “Compliance and Operations Hot Topics,” FIA Forum: Commodities, Houston, TX, June 22, 2022.
Moderator, “Electronic and SEF Trading,” FIA Annual Law & Compliance Division Conference, Washington, D.C., April 28, 2022.