Douglas Friedman

Doug Friedman is General Counsel of Tradeweb Markets, leading the company’s global legal team with responsibility for offices in North America, Europe and Asia. He is also a member of the Executive Committee.

Friedman is actively involved in regulatory discussions impacting global financial markets, most notably derivatives reform and the evolution of electronic trading and clearing. He is a member of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York’s Treasury Market Practices Group and has participated in CFTC and industry discussions on the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, and SEC panels on securities and derivatives reform.

After joining Tradeweb in 2005 as Assistant General Counsel, Friedman was appointed General Counsel in 2009. He previously worked in the litigation department of King & Spalding LLP, focusing on securities litigation and regulatory investigations. Prior to that, he worked at Cadwalader, Wickersham and Taft, and at Gibbons P.C.

Friedman earned his B.A. from the University of Michigan and his J.D. from Seton Hall University School of Law.