US
Farley, Champ Among Candidates to Succeed Gensler as SEC Chair
- Dan Gallagher, Mark Uyeda, Heath Tarbert also among contenders
- Trump advisers began talks with candidates after election win
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Richard Farley, a partner at Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel, and Kirkland & Ellis partner Norm Champ are among contenders to replace Gary Gensler as chair of the US Securities and Exchange Commission, according to people with knowledge of the matter.
Robinhood Markets Inc. legal chief Dan Gallagher, current SEC Commissioner Mark Uyeda and Heath Tarbert, a former chairman of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, are also among those being considered for the job, said other people with knowledge of the matter, who asked not to be identified because the information isn’t public.