Jones Day Adds Finance Industry Veterans, Eyes Deregulation

Jones Day is bulking up its financial regulatory practice with two new partners as the firm prepares for a more active role advocating for changes before Trump administration agencies.

The firm has hired Michael Dawson, a former WilmerHale partner, and Nicholas Podsiadly, a one-time US Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation general counsel who most recently worked in-house at Fifth Third Bancorp.

The hires, announced Monday, come as President Donald Trump prioritizes deregulation at agencies like the US Securities and Exchange Commission and the Commodities Futures Trading Commission. A series of executive orders tasked agencies with identifying regulations to eliminate, giving ...