Richard Sharp

Richard Sharp is a partner in the Litigation Department of Milbank Tweed Hadley & McCloy LLP. He joined the firm in 2003 as a partner, and was formerly a name partner in the firm of Solomon, Zauderer, Ellenhorn, Frischer & Sharp.

During more than 25 years in private practice, Mr. Sharp has represented almost all of the major securities firms in the United States and many foreign broker-dealers, with a particular focus on trading issues under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules and regulations of the Financial Services Regulatory Authority (FINRA) and other self-regulatory organizations.

From 1978 to 1980, Mr. Sharp served as Head of the Office of Trading Practices and Assistant Director of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s Division of Market Regulation. He previously served as Branch Chief and Trial Attorney in the SEC's Division of Enforcement. Mr. Sharp is a member of the Corporate Law Section of the American Bar Association.

Mr. Sharp received his B.A. degree summa cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa from Brown University in 1970. He received his J.D. from Yale Law School in 1974. Mr. Sharp also studied jurisprudence at Oxford University and international law at the Hague Academy of International Law.