Jesse Lawrence

Managing Director and Head of Legal, BNY Pershing

Jesse Lawrence leads the legal team for BNY Pershing and is a member of Pershing’s executive committee. Throughout his career, Jesse has held a number of senior legal and compliance positions.

He is a member of SIFMA’s Compliance & Legal Society, Vice Chair of SIFMA’s Clearing Firms Forum and a member of SIFMA’s Prime Brokerage and Securities Lending Committee. He also regularly contributes to SIFMA working groups related to capital markets, clearing, margin and operational issues.

Jesse earned his bachelor’s degree in economics, with a minor in management, from Moravian College, and his law degree from Fordham Law School.