Hemant Sharma

Mr. Hemant Sharma works as SIPC’s Deputy General Counsel. In addition to helping direct the legal department, he has been SIPC’s lead attorney in various SIPC-initiated proceedings and other matters including the liquidation of Lehman Brothers, Inc. Hemant supervises outside counsel and manages sophisticated claims and disputes. In addition to handling various corporate legal issues, he speaks before investor groups, regulators, and brokerage firms and regularly interfaces with staff of the Senate, the White House personnel office, and several government agencies. He is largely responsible for SIPC’s international legal affairs and chairs SIPC’s internal IT Working Group.

Prior to joining SIPC, Hemant was an Honors Program Trial Attorney with the United States Department of Justice, Tax Division. He obtained his law degree from Columbia Law School earning recognition as a Harlan Fiske Stone scholar. Hemant graduated with honors from the University Honors Program at Texas A&M University. He is a member of the bars of New York and California and admitted to practice in the U.S. Supreme Court, the U.S. Court of Appeals for Second Circuit, and several U.S. District Courts.