Debevoise announced on December 6, 2010 that Eric R. Dinallo, former New York State Superintendent of Insurance, has joined the firm as a Partner in the firm’s New York office and a member of the Financial Institutions Group.  For past HFLR articles referencing Dinallo, see “Regulating Credit Default Swaps as Insurance: Gone, But Not Forgotten,” Hedge Fund Law Report, Vol. 1, No. 27 (Dec. 9, 2008) (noting that Dinallo was reportedly among the first supervisors to push for regulation of the derivatives markets); “New York Insurance Regulator Suggests that Core Credit Default Swaps Might be Ripe for Regulation as Insurance Contracts,” Hedge Fund Law Report, Vol. 1, No. 11 (May 13, 2008); “Do Credit Defaults Swaps Need to be Regulated as Insurance?,” Hedge Fund Law Report, Vol. 1, No. 13 (May 30, 2008).