Michelle Ai Chau Tran

Michelle Ai Chau Tran serves as Executive Director and Counsel in Corporate Legal for the Americas at Nomura since January 2022. Prior experience includes roles as Vice President and Counsel in the Commercial Law Group at BNY Mellon from March 2019 to December 2021 and as Staff Attorney in the Legal & Regulatory Group at Bridgewater Associates from June 2011 to October 2018. Educational credentials include a JD, cum laude, from SMU Dedman School of Law (2007-2010), a Study Abroad in Comparative Law from the University of Oxford (2010), and a BA in Psychology from Stanford University (2003-2007). Early professional experience includes internships under Chief Justice Wallace Jefferson at the Supreme Court of Texas and Representative Kelly Hancock in Texas Legislature.