Squire Patton Boggs has added two experienced Wall Street professionals with the addition of Senior Advisors Daniel Rudder and Nathan Romano. The hires bolster the firm’s resources aimed at providing strategic insight and counsel to players in the asset management community whose investment decisions are increasingly impacted by complex regulatory, national security and geopolitical affairs.
 
“Asset managers have unique needs that require a combination of political, legal, and financial market acumen,” said Global Managing Partner Ed Newberry. “Dan and Nathan bring decades of experience and relationships working at leading investment and banking institutions.
 
Working together with our legal and policy teams, they will be instrumental in creating a unique offering to help clients identify issues impacting their businesses, create actionable plans and bring the resources of our global firm to bear in order to mitigate risk and capitalize on opportunities.”
 
“Squire Patton Boggs is building the first comprehensive platform specifically designed to enable asset managers to create value in highly regulated or politically sensitive sectors,” said Mr. Rudder. “I am thrilled to help spearhead this timely and critical resource for investors in an era marked by growing uncertainty and increasingly complex policy, regulatory and geopolitical challenges.”
 
Commenting on his move to the firm, Mr. Romano said, “The world is changing at a rapid pace with a multitude of issues driving the need for companies to quickly adapt to often unforeseen events. Partnering with a firm with Squire’s global reach and resources is an exciting opportunity to leverage our shared expertise to help asset managers, family offices, banks and fintechs tackle the challenges I experienced firsthand both as a principal of and advisor to many of the leading firms in the industry.”
 
Prior to joining the firm, Mr. Rudder led the global investment research department at Davidson Kempner Capital Management LP, one of the world's largest multi-strategy investment managers, where his team forecasted and analyzed the impacts of non-financial factors – such as policy, regulatory, and geopolitical dynamics – on asset prices. In this role, he helped bridge the gap between Wall Street and Washington, helping investors capture actionable insight to identify new opportunities and mitigate risk created by government initiatives.
 
Previously, Mr. Rudder was a Partner and Leader of the Intelligence and Research group at the global consulting company, Control Risks, where he advised a wide range of investment firms and corporations around the world. He also served as a member of the New York Police Department’s Counter Terrorism Bureau, acting as an intelligence officer and lead civilian aide to the Deputy Commissioner for Counter Terrorism.
 
He also lived and worked in East Asia where he established/managed a risk assessment and investment advisory firm, as well as in Beirut, Lebanon where he was an analyst with an international consultancy focused on terrorism, war, social upheaval and political risks.
 
Mr. Romano served as President of alternative credit manager Atalaya Capital Management where he led strategy, capital formation, product development and capital markets, culminating in Atalaya’s recent sale to Blue Owl Capital.
 
Prior to Atalaya he was the President and Chief Operating Officer at York Capital Management, an alternative investment firm where he was responsible for all non-investing activities. He also held senior client management and strategy roles at Goldman, Sachs & Co, Credit Suisse, and Bear Stearns.
 
At Goldman, Mr. Romano created and lead the firm's Client Relationship Management and Strategy Group focused on developing a more holistic approach to client management, which led to the creation of the One Goldmans Sachs effort. Previously, at Credit Suisse, Mr. Romano ran the firm’s One Bank effort in the Americas. In addition to his role at Squire Patton Boggs, he serves as Managing Partner of Collaborative Capital Advisors, a boutique advisory firm focused on financial services and manages a wide range of investment in the sector.
 
Mr. Romano is very active in the mental health community having joined the board of the National Alliance on Mental Illness (“NAMI-NYC”) in 2006 and is now, among other mental health-related initiatives, its President Emeritus. He also serves on the boards of The Goodness Web, Psych Ward Greetings, and The Museum of the City of New York.