Locke Lord

Rob Evans, who most recently served as a senior official in the SEC’s Division of Corporation Finance, has extensive experience representing issuers and underwriters in public and private offerings of securities.

Formerly a partner at Shearman & Sterling LLP for more than two decades in the firm’s capital markets practice, Rob was Chief of the Office of International Corporate Finance in the SEC's Division of Corporation Finance.

A frequent speaker and writer on securities law, compliance and legal ethics, Rob is a member of the American Law Institute and the American Bar Association. He also serves on the Advisory Board of the Johns Hopkins Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences.

Representative Experience

• Advising on interpretation of SEC rules and rulemaking
• Offerings of convertible securities and high yield debt securities
• Initial public offerings
• Development of new corporate finance products
• Investment grade debt offerings as designated underwriters’ counsel
• SEC and general corporate advice

Professional Affiliations and Recognitions

• Member, American Bar Association
• Member, American Law Institute
• Member, New York State Bar Association

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 pubic 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