Barbara A. Stettner

Barbara Stettner is U.S. Head of A&O Shearman’s Financial Services Regulatory practice, a member of the firm’s Global Financial Services Regulatory steering committee, and previously served as a member of A&O Shearman’s Global Board and Executive Committee and as the Managing Partner of the Washington, D.C. office. Barb represents multiple foreign and domestic banks, investment banks, broker-dealers, and asset managers in structuring and implementing U.S.-compliant domestic and cross-border securities distribution, fundraising, trading, asset management, and custody programs. Barb also applies this expertise to the cross-border sales, trading, and custody of digital assets.
Previously, Barb was at the SEC’s Division of Trading and Markets as Special Counsel in the Office of the Chief Counsel, Attorney-Advisor in the Office of Risk Management and Control, and Senior Counsel in the Office of International Affairs. She is a current member of the Board of Advisors of the SEC’s Historical Society.
Barb is ranked Band 2 for Financial Services Regulation: Broker Dealer (Compliance) by Chambers USA. According to Chambers, clients have enthused “Barb…is like having a General Counsel within a law firm that can talk to any General Counsel of a financial firm—understand the issue, assemble the right team of experts (including herself) and get the issue solved.”