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Ranah L Esmaili

Ranah L Esmaili

USA 2026

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About

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Practice Areas

RANAH ESMAILI focuses her practice on representing private fund managers, registered fund advisers and trustees, investment advisers to individuals and separately managed accounts, and broker dealers in regulatory and government investigations and examinations. She also provides advice and counseling to clients on a wide range of securities regulatory matters, including conflicts of interest and disclosure, fees and expense practices and disclosure, mutual fund share class selection and disclosures, material non-public information, off-channel communications, and AI regulatory matters.

Ranah joined Sidley in 2021 from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) Enforcement Division, where she served as assistant director of the Asset Management Unit. In that role, she oversaw investigations relating to the activities of hedge funds, private equity funds, venture capital funds, registered investment companies, separately managed accounts, and their investment advisers.

Chambers Review

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Chambers Guide to the USA

Securities: Regulation: Enforcement - USA - Nationwide

Band 4
Band 4

Individual Editorial
Ranah Esmaili brings extensive experience to her practice assisting corporate clients in securities enforcement actions. Her experience includes insider trading, SPAC litigations and regulatory sweeps.

Strengths

Provided by Chambers

  • Ranah is a very sophisticated lawyer.

    Securities: Regulation: EnforcementChambers Guide to the USA
  • Ranah is extremely knowledgeable and responsive. She is incredibly polished when delivering and speaking with us as well as the SEC. Her insight into the SEC has been invaluable.

    Securities: Regulation: EnforcementChambers Guide to the USA
  • Ranah is knowledgeable and always on top of things.

    Securities: Regulation: EnforcementChambers Guide to the USA
  • Ranah is smart and talented, especially for fund issues.

    Securities: Regulation: EnforcementChambers Guide to the USA

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