Practice Areas

• Financial Services
• Corporate & Commercial
• Litigation
  
  

Matthew Kluchenek is a partner at Henderson & Lyman, and has more than 15 years of legal experience involving derivatives, securities and corporate law. In positions of senior responsibility, Mr. Kluchenek has been called upon to provide counsel to board members, senior managers and others regarding complex financial market matters, as well as general corporate and contracts matters. His extensive regulatory, litigation and transactional skill set has been honed to provide cost-effective and practical solutions.  Mr. Kluchenek has written and spoken extensively on a wide range of relevant and timely industry issues.

With respect to Mr. Kluchenek's derivatives and securities background, he has been involved in a wide variety of regulatory, transactional and litigation matters, and has provided counsel with respect to domestic and international matters involving the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, Securities and Exchange Commission, Financial Services Association and various self-regulatory organizations, including the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME), Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) and the National Futures Association. 

Publications and Presentations 

• Author, "The Complete Guide to Derivatives: Uses, Benefits Risks, Risk Management, Compliance and Regulation," Civic Research Institute (forthcoming 2010);
   Author, "Derivatives' Risks and Risk Management: Part I-Risks Relating to
• Derivative Instruments," Journal of Taxation and Regulation of Financial Institutions (January/February, 2010);
  
• Author, "Derivatives' Risks and Risk Management: Part II-Organizational Risks," Journal of Taxation and Regulation of Financial Institutions (March/April, 2010);
  
• Author, "A Credit Default Swaps Primer: Mechanics, Benefits, Risks, Regulation and Developments," Journal of Taxation and Investments (forthcoming, Fall, 2009);
• Author, "The Clearing Debate Begins Anew: Toward A Regulatory Mandate or Market Force Deference?," Journal of Securities and Futures (Summer, 2008);
• Speaker, "CME's Role in Washington: A Regulatory and Legislative Perspective," CME All-Employee Meeting (May 17, 2007);
• Quoted, "Contract Spat Highlights Need For Regulatory Convergence," Isabelle Clary, Pensions & Investments (May 14, 2007);
  
• Speaker, "Pension Plans and Hedge Funds: Toward a New Era in Derivatives," Global Asset Allocation Summit (February, 2007);
  
• Author, "Possible Breakthrough to Expanded Use of Futures by Investment Companies," The Review of Securities and Commodities Regulation (August, 2006)(with Susan Ervin);
  
• Author, "The Washington Quarterly," CME (Quarterly, 2006)(with Saxby Chambliss, Jr.);
  
• Speaker, "Exchanges Going Public: Roadblocks and New Focuses," Chicago Bar Association, Futures and Derivatives Committee's Workshop (April, 2006); Author, "State-by-State Survey on the Ability of Public Employee Retirement Systems to Use Derivatives," CME (2006);
  
• Speaker, "Regulatory and Legal Issues Involving Electronic Securities and Derivatives Trading," Chicago Bar Association, Securities Law Institute (March, 2005);
  
• Author, "When Are Finders Required To Register With The SEC?," National Society of Compliance Professionals (May/June, 1999)(with Steven Scholes);
  
• Speaker, "Weather Derivatives" and "Credit Derivatives," American Feed Industry Association Conference (July, 1999); and
  
• Author, "Refashioning Rule 11 Sanctions: The Role of Post-imposition Mitigating Factors," Judicial Conduct Review (American Judicature Society), Summer, 1990.

Bar Admissions

Illinois State Bar  

Experience

Partner, Henderson & Lyman, 2009 to present
General Counsel, DRW Trading Group 2007-2008
Director and Associate General Counsel, Chicago Mercantile Exchange, 2003-2007
General Counsel, Computershare Investor Services, 2000-2002
Associate, McDermott, Will & Emery, 1998-2000
Attorney, Chicago Board of Trade, 1996-1998

Education

LL.M, Securities and Financial Regulation, Georgetown University Law Center, Washington D.C. 1995
J.D., Chicago-Kent College of Law, Chicago, Illinois, 1991
B.A., Loyola University Chicago, Illinois, 1988

Professional and Civic Affiliations

Member, American Bar Association
Member, Chicago Bar Association
Member,  American Corporate Counsel Association
Member, Futures Industry Association
Commissioner, Village of Hinsdale Plan Commission (2005 to present)
Founder and CEO, Mind's Eye Winery, LLC