ABOUT Gary M. Sinclair
Mr. Sinclair began his career in the financial industry in 1971, when he found employment at Merrill Lynch as a bookkeeper in the firm's securities operation. In 1973, he began working for a clearing member of the Chicago Mercantile Exchange and one of the most respected floor brokers in the industry. He worked on the trading floor as assistant to the floor broker and in the back office of the Clearing Member. Meanwhile he completed his undergraduate degree and attended law school. After moving with the floor broker to a different clearing firm at the Merc, Mr. Sinclair graduated from law school in 1977. In 1978, he left the floor to pursue interests in another area of business, but began representing clients and providing expert witness services. In 1980, Mr. Sinclair returned to the CME as floor manager and house counsel for Saul Stone and Co. Mr. Sinclair designed the compliance framework, administered branch offices, IBs and floor brokers for the Company.
In 1984, Mr. Sinclair left Saul Stone and became a member of the IOM division of the CME, where he acted as floor broker, traded for his own account, and provided customer services through direct floor access. He continued his practice, providing legal services and expert witnesses services for a variety of clients.
Beginning in 1988, Mr. Sinclair entered into full time private practice focusing in the futures area. He has handled customer arbitrations and Reparations claims, and defended over 200 arbitration and reparations actions filed against members. He served as an expert witness in a number of cases, providing testimony for international banks, insurance companies and members, as well as customers. He has represented FCMs, IBs, CTAs and APs before the NFA Business Conduct Committee and in CFTC Disciplinary matters, as well as Disciplinary matters at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange.
Mr. Sinclair created and taught his own courses in futures for the Chicago School of Finance and lectured at Series 3 preparation seminars for Commodity Educational Institute.
In addition, Mr. Sinclair has provided compliance advice and conducted compliance audits for numerous clients in the futures industry. He also drafts customer agreements and related documents, business plans, CTA Disclosure Documents and cautionary language for promotional material tailored to individual situations.
Mr. Sinclair operates his own hedge fund and can provide clients with the necessary work to create new hedge funds
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