Sonia Barros is a partner in Sidley’s Capital Markets group and co-lead’s the firm’s Public Companies Practice focused on advising clients in corporate disclosures, SEC compliance and governance matters. She is also a co-leader of the firm’s global ESG practice. Formerly the Chief Corporate Governance Counsel in the Division of Corporation Finance at the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Sonia was the Division’s senior advisor on corporate governance policy and disclosures. Prior to that, Sonia served as the Assistant Director in the SEC’s Office of Real Estate and Commodities, where she had oversight authority for thousands of transactions and reviews of corporate disclosures, including financial statements, under the Securities Act of 1933 and the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Her experience includes a number of leadership roles at the SEC over 17 years and over a decade in the private sector. Sonia holds a J.D. from The University of Chicago School of Law, where she served as the Editor-in-Chief of The University of Chicago Legal Forum, and a bachelor’s degree, summa cum laude, from Wright State University.