Stephanie K. Briggs Evans Partner

Stephanie focuses her practice on capital markets transactions, securities offerings and corporate transactions for U.S. and non-U.S. companies. She advises public and private companies on domestic and international securities transactions, regulatory matters, corporate governance, restructurings, mergers and acquisitions and general corporate matters.

Stephanie has extensive experience with public and private securities offerings, including the offering of investment grade securities, structured products linked to equities, commodities, interest rates and other underlying assets, credit linked securities and secured-collateral instruments. She concentrates on structuring continuous offering programs that are registered under the Securities Act, or that are exempt from registration under Regulation S, Rule 144A, Section 3(a)(2) and Section 3(a)(3) of the Securities Act

Stephanie also counsels clients on complex contracts, corporate governance, regulatory compliance issues and filings under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act.

While earning her law degree at Wake Forest University School of Law, Stephanie served as executive editor of the Wake Forest Law Review and on the Moot Court Board. As an undergraduate at the University of North Carolina, she was honored with the Academic Excellence Award and the Golden Key Scholastic Art Award.

Experience

Representation of an issuer with the establishment of a $65 billion euro medium-term note program.

Representation of an issuer with a Japanese primary shelf registration statement and subsequent sales of Samurai bonds pursuant to that registration statement.

Representation of an issuer with a Japanese secondary shelf registration statement and subsequent Uridashi offerings pursuant to that registration statement.

Representation of a company with issuances of collateral-secured instruments governed by Swiss law.

Representation of an issuer in connection with the establishment of a shelf registration statement and subsequent sales of more than $50 billion of securities pursuant to that registration statement.

Representation of a financial institution with the establishment of a global bank note program and subsequent sales pursuant to that program.

Representation of a company with a $75 billion commercial paper program.

Representation of a foreign joint venture in its purchase of a domestic nylon manufacturing plant.

Representation of a major manufacturer with its corporate reorganization.

Representation of an international company in its negotiations with the FTC to purchase a domestic food service company.

  • North Carolina

Selected for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America, Corporate Law, Woodward/White, Inc., 2023

Selected for inclusion into the North Carolina Pro Bono Honor Society, 2018, 2019, 2021

Recipient, Outstanding Scholar, Department of Defense, Washington, D.C., 1993-1995

Recipient, Department of Defense Performance Award, 1995

Recipient, Defense Spot Awards, 1994

Honor Graduate, Navy Acquisition Management Training Office

Honor Graduate, U.S. Army Logistics Management College

  • Wake Forest University School of Law, JD, Executive Editor, Wake Forest Law Review, 1998
  • The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, BA, with Honors, Dean's List, 1993

Member, American Bar Association

Member, North Carolina Bar Association

Member, Mecklenburg County Bar

Member, North Carolina Association of Women Attorneys

Member, Charlotte Women's Bar Association

Member, North Carolina Bankers Association

Member, Advisory Board, First Presbyterian Church Child Development Center

Member, The Junior League of Charlotte

Impact Fund, Foundation of the Carolinas

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