Stephanie has drafted and negotiated scores of investment and commercial contracts, including billion-dollar custodian agreements, LLP agreements, side letters, real estate investment agreements, everyday services procurement contracts, and settlement agreements with government agencies. In addition, she has worked with finance and investment professionals to facilitate securities and infrastructure transactions.
Representative Matters
- Investment management agreements–drafted and negotiated scores of financial agreements, including negotiating fee reductions and side letters with special terms for investments ranging from direct real estate ownership to limited partnership interests in private equity firms.
- Custodian agreement–drafted and negotiated pension plan’s agreement with new custodian, including excising custodian’s attempt to gain indemnity by the client.
- Procurement agreements – drafted and negotiated services agreements for provision of IT, polling, employee health benefits, and financial services.
- Confidentiality agreements–developed for facilitating discussion of protected deal information with client trustee boards.
- Municipal bond issuance and refinancing processes–supervised outside bond counsel and prepared City’s disclosures and undertakings for underwriters.
- Best practices business guidelines–prepared as addenda for partnering agreements with platform companies, regarding Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG), Anti-bribery and Corruption (ABC), and Diversity Policies.
- Material non-public information–reviewed and categorized disclosure agreements involving protections for infrastructure deals.
- Negotiated and prepared banking settlements with U.S. Treasury Department’s Office of the Comptroller.
- Oversaw municipal bond offering process, including coordinating with underwriters and bond counsel to prepare disclosures and ensure funding.
- Researched and wrote firm white paper on debt issuers’ liability under securities fraud laws.
