Tamara Brightwell

Tamara Brightwell is a corporate partner in the Washington, D.C., office of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, where she counsels public company clients on a wide range of regulatory matters and provides expert securities law advice on complex capital markets transactions.

Prior to joining the firm, Ms. Brightwell served as the Disclosure Review Program Director in the Division of Corporation Finance at the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). In her most recent role at the SEC, she provided legal and policy guidance to the disclosure review program and oversaw the division’s reviews of transactional filings and periodic and current reports to monitor and enhance compliance with disclosure and accounting requirements, with specific oversight of industry offices for life sciences, industrial applications and services, energy and transportation, manufacturing, and trade and services. During her nearly two decades at the SEC and in the Division of Corporation Finance, Ms. Brightwell served in numerous roles, including as Deputy Chief Counsel and Senior Advisor to the Chair.

Ms. Brightwell received a B.S. in financial management, cum laude, from Clemson University, and a J.D. from the University of Notre Dame Law School.

Focus Areas

• Capital Markets
• Corporate
• Corporate Governance
• Emerging Companies
• Environmental, Social, And Governance
• Public Company Representation

Education

• J.D., University of Notre Dame Law School - Executive Editor, Journal of College and University Law
• B.S., Financial Management, Clemson University - Cum Laude, Concentration in International Finance