Stephen Cohen is the global practice leader of Sidley’s Regulatory and Enforcement group, leads its Securities Enforcement and Regulatory practice, and is a member of the firm’s executive committee. He also is co-chair of Sidley’s crisis management and strategic response team. He has a proven track record for guiding his clients through their most difficult matters and achieving exceptional results. He is a leading advisor to the financial industry and has represented numerous public companies and their boards, audit committees, special committees, or executives, as well as SEC registrants, in internal investigations and matters involving many government agencies. Before joining Sidley, Cohen was associate director in the Enforcement Division of the SEC where he oversaw domestic and international enforcement investigations. Also, as senior advisor to then SEC Chairman Mary Schapiro, Cohen led the SEC’s work in relation to the whistleblower provisions in Dodd-Frank and subsequent rulemaking, among other key initiatives.