Elizabeth H. Baird

Elizabeth Baird focuses on securities enforcement defense, internal investigations and regulatory counseling. Lizzie routinely represents broker-dealers, public companies, investment advisers, senior management and compliance officials in the financial services sector in connection with private and public investigations and enforcement proceedings brought by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA), Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) and other self-regulatory organizations and government agencies.

As a former bond trader, Lizzie regularly counsels financial market participants in fixed-income compliance, prime brokerage and all interest rate-sensitive sectors. She is a regular speaker at SIFMA and Bond Dealers of America conferences on developing issues in fixed income.

Prior to joining Eversheds Sutherland, Lizzie was the Deputy Director of the Securities and Exchange Commission's Division of Trading and Markets, where she helped establish and maintain standards for fair, orderly, and efficient markets and regulated major securities market participants. In this role, she oversaw the Offices of Broker-Dealer Finance, Derivative Policy and Trading Practices and Fixed Income. Additionally, she led the cryptocurrency and digital efforts for the Division of Trading and Markets.