Charles Yockey is a legal policy analyst at the Manhattan Institute, where his work focuses on antitrust, corporate governance, and regulatory policy. 

A Phi Beta Kappa graduate of the University of Notre Dame, Yockey studied within their Program of Liberal Studies and earned a minor in constitutional studies. He also received an M.Phil in political thought and intellectual history from the University of Cambridge. His other areas of academic interest include political economy, diplomatic history, and financial markets. 

Yockey interned at Ducera Partners—a boutique investment bank—within their restructuring advisory practice. He also worked for the civil division of the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Central District of Illinois and as a summer analyst in the Hovde Group’s mergers and acquisitions advisory practice within their financial institutions group. 

From 2024–25, Yockey spent 10 months in Budapest, Hungary, as a junior fellow of the Hungary Foundation. Working with Mathias Corvinus Collegium’s Center for International Law, Yockey studied EU integration, transatlantic relations, and the regulatory relationship between the U.S. and Europe. He is a recipient of the Hoover Institution’s Director’s Award and an active member of the Federalist Society, the International Institute for Security Studies, the Royal Institute of International Affairs (Chatham House), and the Bretton Woods Committee. 

Yockey is a 2025 Publius Fellow of the Claremont Institute and a 2025–26 Schwarzman Scholar. He will commence his studies at Tsinghua University in Beijing in August 2025.