**[Former CFTC Senior Advisor Danielle Abada Joins Mayer Brown as Partner]** According to a report by Jinse Finance on October 12, PR Newswire announced that Mayer Brown has welcomed Danielle Abada to its Capital Markets practice as a partner in the New York office. Abada previously served at the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) as Senior Special Advisor in the Market Participants Division and as Senior Advisor to CFTC Commissioner Kristin N. Johnson. During her tenure at the CFTC, she provided guidance on complex legal, regulatory, and policy matters affecting entities regulated by the CFTC and advanced the Commission's priorities in areas such as crypto assets and blockchain technology, prediction markets and event contracts, and artificial intelligence. Prior to her public service, Abada represented financial institutions and fintech companies in regulatory, compliance, transactional, and legislative matters during her private practice. She also advised on the application of emerging technologies such as distributed ledger technology, digital assets, and artificial intelligence, serving clients including banks, swap dealers, broker-dealers, exchanges, asset and investment management firms, hedge funds, and proprietary trading companies. Mayer Brown Chairman Jon Van Gorp stated that her experience at the CFTC will help clients navigate the rapidly evolving regulatory landscape for derivatives and digital assets.