Conversations Speaker Series with Michael J. Sharp

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Michael J. Sharp has been Executive Vice President and General Counsel of Jefferies Financial Group Inc., parent company of Jefferies Group LLC, since March 2013. Mr. Sharp has been Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary at Jefferies since September 2010.

To make a reservation to attend virtually or in person contact Nancy Stanley at nstanley@arizona.edu.

Previously, Mr. Sharp had been a partner with the law firm of Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale & Dorr LLP. Previously, Mr. Sharp was General Counsel of Citigroup's Global Wealth Management, Global Consumer Bank and Global Credit Card business units. Before his 12 years at Citigroup, Mr. Sharp was a litigation associate at Cravath, Swaine & Moore, which he joined in 1992. Mr. Sharp began his legal career as a judicial clerk on the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit. Before embarking on a legal career, Mr. Sharp traded U.S. Treasury Bonds from 1981 through 1988.

About Bob Mundheim

Robert (Bob) Mundheim is Professor of Corporate Law & Finance at the James E. Rogers College of Law. He previously served as Dean and University Professor of Law and Finance at the University of Pennsylvania Law School; General Counsel at the U.S. Treasury Department; Special Counsel to the Securities and Exchange Commission; and Executive Vice President and General Counsel for Salomon Inc. He is a founding Trustee of the American College of Governance Counsel and is a Director of Gogo, Inc. Professor Mundheim chaired the American Bar Association’s Standing Committee on Ethics and Professional Responsibility, and served on the Council of the American Law Institute for nearly 30 years. He serves as an Adviser to the Restatement of the Law of Corporate Governance. He is Of Counsel to the firm of Shearman & Sterling LLP.

To make a reservation to attend virtually or in person contact Nancy Stanley at nstanley@arizona.edu