Charles Sommers

Charlie Sommers is a partner in the Securities Enforcement and Regulatory group of Sidley Austin LLP, which was named the “Law Firm of the Year” for Securities Regulation in 2021, 2020, and 2017 by U.S. News – Best Lawyers and received the 2019 Chambers USA award for “Financial Services Regulation Firm of the Year.” He advises broker-dealers, hedge funds, exchanges, clearing agencies and other market participants on a variety of regulatory, enforcement, and transactional matters. In particular, his practice focuses on equities, options, fixed income and derivatives trading as well as market structure matters. Prior to joining Sidley, Mr. Sommers served as Special Counsel at the SEC in the Division of Trading and Markets. He is a graduate of Vanderbilt University, the University of Colorado Law School and Georgetown University Law Center.