Profile
Sherry J. Sandler is Co-Chair of the Long Island Corporate Practice and Co-Chair of Greenberg Traurig’s Investment Management Group. She counsels registered investment advisers, private fund sponsors, broker-dealers, exchanges, and other financial institutions on the regulatory, compliance, and transactional issues that shape the securities and asset management industries, with experience in the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the “40 Act”), the Investment Advisers Act, and other federal securities law, exchange, and FINRA compliance matters.
Sherry represents investment adviser clients at every stage of their life cycle, from fund formation, registration, and launch through daily operations and eventual wind-down, advising on 40 Act and Advisers Act compliance, evolving SEC rules, and regulatory examinations and sweeps, as well as strategies to minimize risk exposure in M&A and private equity transactions.
She counsels clients on exchange and self-regulatory organization rules, broker-dealer regulation, Alternative Trading Systems (ATS) and over-the-counter markets, and FINRA requirements, drawing on firsthand experience from inside an exchange group, a global broker-dealer, and an investment bank to help clients get ahead of regulatory risk before it becomes an enforcement or examination matter.
On the corporate side, Sherry leverages almost 25 years’ experience representing public and private companies and private equity funds, and handling corporate governance, mergers and acquisitions, private equity and capital markets transactions, as well as complex commercial and financial arrangements. She serves as outside general counsel to companies that need day-to-day judgment on both legal and business questions.
Sherry began her legal career at a global firm, handling sophisticated M&A and private equity matters, before moving in-house for more than a decade in senior roles overseeing legal, regulatory, and compliance matters. This included advising on regulatory and compliance frameworks for securities trading at one of the world’s largest exchange groups (New York Stock Exchange), a broker-dealer/global financial services firm (Knight Capital Americas/KCG Holdings), and an investment bank (Rodman & Renshaw, LLC). That background gives Greenberg Traurig’s clients direct insight into how exchanges, self-regulatory organizations, and market regulators evaluate conduct and approve rules.
Immediately prior to joining Greenberg Traurig, Sherry served as Co-Chair and Partner of the Corporate/Business Group at a prominent boutique firm, where she built and headed the Investment Management and Funds practice, representing clients in all aspects of investment company practice, including organizing and forming new funds and serving as the firm’s regulatory expert.
During her career, Sherry also launched and managed her own trading and capital markets advisory firm, serving Fortune 500 companies, financial institutions, and investment firms on regulatory change and complex financial matters, while also serving as Of Counsel to law firms and outside general counsel to companies on M&A, private equity, capital markets, and corporate transactions, including structuring complicated equity and debt financings and corporate governance matters.
Concentrations
- Fund formation, maintenance, management, and representation of funds as outside counsel
- Investment advisers and the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, state and federal registration, compliance and exemptions, including the investment adviser marketing rule
- Investment management, institutional investors, investment funds, private funds (of all types) and companies exempt or excluded from, the Investment Company Act of 1940
- Financial, Regulatory & Compliance, preparing SEC reports, including Form ADV
- SEC, FINRA, CFTC/NFA, and state securities authorities, examinations, inquiries and audits
- Broker-Dealers, Alternative Trading Systems (ATS) and over-the-counter securities
- Private Equity, private equity funds, venture capital funds, hedge funds, real estate investment funds, and representing private equity firms in complex domestic and cross-border transactions
- Public company and corporate governance compliance, as well as general outside counsel services to clients in a variety of industries
- Mergers and Acquisitions, sales, joint ventures, and formation of corporate entities
- Capital Markets transactions, including Special Purpose Acquisition Companies (SPACs), PIPE(s) and Registered Direct Offerings (RD)
Capabilities
Experience
- Fund Counsel and Primary Outside Counsel to many Large Advisory Firm registered investment advisors, real estate investment funds, and public companies, including several prominent Pharmaceutical Companies.
- Legal Counsel / Trading & Capital Markets Advisor / Of Counsel for own Trading & Capital Markets Advisory/Consulting Firm launched & managed by her, Sherry J. Didia, Esq., P.C., 2023-2026
- Senior Director, Associate General Counsel, New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), 2015-2023
- Vice President, Assistant General Counsel, Knight Capital Americas/KCG Holdings, Inc. (VIRT), 2012-2015
- Associate General Counsel, Investment Bank, Rodman & Renshaw, LLC (RODM), 2009-2012
- Intern, International Private Client Group – Office of General Counsel, Merrill Lynch, 2001
- Student Law Clerk, Honorable Charles A. Posner, Kings County Criminal Court, 1998
Recognition & Leadership
- Recipient, Long Island Business News, “Leaders in Law Award,” 2026
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- Member & Wolfpack Leader, Women in Financial Markets (WIFM)
- Board of Advisors & Member, Women in Funds (WIF)
- Member, Association for Corporate Growth (ACG)
- Member, Jewish Business Network (JBN) of Long Island, Nassau County & Suffolk County Chapters
- Member, U.S.-Ukraine Business Council (USUBC)
- Membership Committee, Temple Beth Torah of Melville
- Member, Bisnow New York Power Women
- Member, New York Bar Association
- Member, New Jersey Bar Association
Credentials
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J.D., magna cum laude, Brooklyn Law School, 2003
- Brooklyn Law School International Law Journal
- Moot Court Honor Society, First Place, Irving R. Kaufman Memorial Securities Law Moot Court Competition
- International Business Law Fellow
- Carswell Merit Scholarship
- West Group Award for Scholarly Achievement
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B.A., magna cum laude, Emory University, 2000
- Pi Sigma Alpha Honor Society
- Psi Chi Honor Society
- Delta Delta Delta Sorority (Past President)
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