Paul Atkins

PricewaterhouseCoopers LLC provides assurance, tax and advisory services. Its services include audit and assurance, consulting, deals, human resources, legal, tax, and family business. The firm also offers accountability, risk management, structuring, mergers and acquisitions, and performance and process improvement. The company was founded in 1998 and is headquartered in Buffalo, NY.

BATS Global Markets, Inc. operates as a global stock exchange operator. It offers trading between United States equities, options, European equities, and foreign exchange. The company was founded by Joseph P. Ratterman in June 2005 and is headquartered in Lenexa, KS.

Patomak Global Partners LLC provides strategic advice, compliance consulting and litigation and enforcement services. Its services include strategic regulatory advice, risk management and compliance and enforcement and litigation support. The firm’s clients include broker-dealers, registered investment advisers and funds, institutional investors, commercial banks and insurance companies, asset managers, private equity firms, hedge funds, publicly-traded companies, trade associations, and other business organizations. The company was founded by Paul Stewart Atkins in 2009 and is headquartered in Washington, DC.

Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP provides legal services. It offers legal solutions to areas such as capital markets, mergers and acquisitions, credit, insolvency, and restructuring, investment management, tax, and litigation. The company was founded by Francis N. Bangs in 1849 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

The American Council on Germany (ACG) is a nonpartisan nonprofit organization that was founded in 1952 to strengthen German-American relations. The ACG is based in New York, NY and aims to inform and influence public debate, as well as conversations among American and German opinion leaders and decision-makers. The ACG works across generations to provide a deeper understanding of transatlantic relations, social justice, and inclusion. The organization hosts study tours, conferences, and video discussions on current economic and political issues.