Rob Evans

Rob Evans is Co-Chair of the Firm's Capital Markets Group and has extensive experience advising companies and investment banks on complex transactions, public and private offerings of securities.

Rob's experience includes:

• Advising on complex transactions, including interpretation of SEC rules and rulemaking, corporate law and board of directors duties
• Public and private offerings of equity and convertible securities
• Liability management transactions and developing new corporate finance products
• Investment grade debt and high-yield debt offerings
• SEC and general corporate advice

Additional Publications and Presentations 

• Editor, Ethics Corner Column, Business Law Today (2013-2017)
• Redemption Provisions in Investment Grade Corporate Debt Securities, Practising Law Institute, September 2014
• Reducing the burden of disclosure for public biotech companies (with Mark Kessel) – Nature Biotechnology 32, 419-420, May 8, 2014
• Navigating the On-Ramp and Beyond: Emerging Growth Companies Under the JOBS Act – Insights – The Corporate and Securities Law Advisor, Vol 26, June 2012
• Practising Law Institute – regular panelist on Securities Regulation (2-3 times per year typically)
• Practising Law Institute and New York State Bar Association seminars on Legal Ethics
• SIFMA Annual Compliance and Legal Seminar – Panelist on Compliance Issues in Investment Banking
• American Bar Association – Business Law Section – Annual Meeting September 2015 – Current Issues Impacting Indenture Trustees – Panelist
• Working Group on Legal Opinions – Led Panel on Opinions in Securities Offerings (twice), taught at Bootcamp for Opinion Committee members