Securities Docket named Sidley partners Stephen L. Cohen, W. Hardy Callcott, Ranah Esmaili, and Lara S. Mehraban to its 2024 list of “Enforcement Elite.” The list honors securities enforcement defense counsel whom clients trust to handle bet-the-company matters.
Sidley’s Securities Enforcement and Regulatory group counsels and defends clients involved in all aspects of the global capital markets, from major Wall Street firms and leading public companies to prominent investment advisers and senior executives. The team defends clients in investigations by the SEC, CFTC, DOJ, state attorneys general, the UK FCA, other federal and state civil regulators, and self-regulatory agencies such as FINRA and NYSE. The group assists clients during regulatory examinations and conduct internal investigations of sensitive matters. These lawyers regularly advise clients on a wide range of complex securities and commodities compliance-related matters, including structuring trades or complex derivative transactions and acquiring or disposing of regulated entities.
