Marisa D Stavenas
USA Guide 2024
Band 5 : Capital Markets: Debt & Equity: Eastern United States
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About
Provided by Marisa D Stavenas
Practice Areas
Co-Head of the Special Situations group and a Partner in the Firm’s Capital Markets Practice, Marisa Stavenas has a wide ranging practice advising corporate, investment banking, private equity and advisory clients on an array of complex domestic and international capital raising, investment and liability management and restructuring matters, including secured and unsecured debt issuances, private and other structured investments, tender and exchange offers (debt and equity), reorganizations and other liability management transactions and other equity transactions. She also regularly advises corporate clients on securities laws, corporate governance and other general corporate matters.
Career
Joined Simpson Thacher in 1999; became Partner in 2010.
Professional Memberships
Member of the Steering Committee of the Kate Stoneman Project, a leadership organization comprising women partners at leading New York-based law firms; serves as a mentor with W.O.M.E.N. in America to help professional businesswomen advance their careers; former Chairman of the Board of Trustees of All Souls School, an early childhood day school.
Publications
Served as a contributing editor of Getting the Deal Through: Acquisition Finance and co-authored the United States chapter (2013-2020).
Personal
Georgetown University Law Center (J.D., cum laude, 1999); Washington University (B.A., magna cum laude, 1996).
Chambers Review
USA
Marisa Stavenas is commended for her debt and equity practice, with experience across a range of products, including recent work advising clients on complex novel structures such as green bond offerings.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Marisa is always impressive with her understanding of complex matters. She provides wise legal advice and great insights."
"Marisa is always impressive with her understanding of complex matters. She provides wise legal advice and great insights."