Edward F. Greene joined the firm in 1982, rejoined in 2009 after serving as General Counsel of Citigroup’s Institutional Clients Group, and became partner emeritus in 2026. During his more than 20-year tenure at Cleary, he was also resident in the firm’s Washington, D.C., Tokyo, and London offices, and was the first licensed foreign lawyer to be admitted to practice law in Japan in 1987.
While active, Edward’s practice focused on securities, corporate governance, regulatory and financial services reform, and other corporate law matters.