Sean P O'Malley

Sean O’Malley is the General Counsel and Chief Legal Officer of State Street Global Advisors. He leads the firm’s global legal department and is responsible for the provision of all legal advice and counsel provided to the SSGA business. He is a member of the State Street Global Advisors Operating Group and chairs the firm’s Global Fiduciary & Conduct Committee.

Before joining State Street Global Advisors, Mr. O’Malley was a partner with the law firm of White & Case, where he was a member of the Capital Markets practice group and he led the firm’s investment adviser and broker-dealer practice. From 1999-2005, Mr. O’Malley served in a succession of increasingly senior roles at the U.S. Securities & Exchange Commission in Washington, DC, beginning in the Office of Compliance Inspections and Examinations, then in the Office of the General Counsel, and finally in the Chief Counsel’s Office within the Division of Trading and Markets. Mr. O’Malley received his B.A. from the University of North Carolina, his J.D. from Pepperdine University School of Law, and earned his LLM. from Georgetown University Law Center. He is a member of the New York State Bar and Virginia State Bar.