Nilene R. Evans is Of Counsel in the Capital Markets Group. Ms. Evans counsels domestic and foreign, public and privately held companies, advising them on issues ranging from securities offerings, mergers, acquisitions and dispositions to ongoing disclosure and compliance obligations and general strategic planning. She has extensive experience acting as counsel for underwriters and issuers in initial and subsequent public and private equity and debt offerings, including PIPEs and complex private equity investments. Ms. Evans also has had substantial experience over the years in fast-paced "shelf" public and Rule 144A offerings by major corporations, including REITs.
Ms. Evans has written and presented about federal securities laws for foreign issuers, how companies should navigate during times of economic crisis, the role of general counsel in difficult times, Rule 10b5-1 plans, and other securities and corporate law issues; particularly corporate governance and disclosure requirements, including the requirements of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and the Public Securities Litigation Reform Act.