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- Stephanie W. Bignon
Stephanie Bignon is a corporate partner who represents public and private companies and their boards on a variety of issues, including disclosure and securities compliance, corporate governance, and capital markets and financing transactions. Ms. Bignon has experience representing companies in a range of industries, including life sciences, technology, manufacturing, consumer goods, and financial services. Prior to joining Covington, Ms. Bignon worked as a public company auditor and senior external financial reporting analyst at Delta Air Lines.
Transactional
- Uber Technologies, Inc. in connection with its initial public offering.
- Eli Lilly and Company in more than $10 billion of various debt offerings and a €2.1 billion Eurobond offering.
- Avnet, Inc. in $850 million of registered debt offerings, its $1.25 billion senior unsecured credit facility and its $500 million securitization facility.
- Insmed Incorporated in $652.5 million of registered common stock offerings.
- A public consulting company in connection with its acquisition by a private equity fund.
- Clinical-stage private biotechnology company in multiple rounds of preferred stock financing.
- Underwriters in connection with the initial public offering of a bank holding company.
- HealthSouth Corporation in $1 billion of various debt offerings.
- Salix Pharmaceuticals, Ltd. in a $750.0 million high yield bond offering.
- National Football League in connection with various league and stadium financings and ownership transactions, including its G-4 stadium funding program.
Advisory
- Various public companies on Exchange Act reporting, including periodic reports and proxy statements, shareholder proposals, Section 16 reporting, responses to SEC staff comment letters, and other securities compliance matters.
- Various public and private companies in corporate governance matters, including executive compensation programs, disclosure controls and procedures, internal control over financial reporting, compliance program design and board committee charters.
Pro Bono
- Non-profit membership association in connection with its reincorporation and qualification for tax-exempt status.
Previous Experience
- Senior Analyst in External Financial Reporting at Delta Air Lines, Inc. (2007-2008).
- Senior Assurance Associate (2007) and Assurance Associate (2005-2007) at Grant Thornton LLP.
January 28, 2020, Covington Alert
Critical audit matters, or “CAMs,” have been an important topic of discussion among investors, auditors, public companies and audit committees since the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (“PCAOB”) adopted Auditing Standard 3101 (“AS 3101”) on June 1, 2017.
Covington Promotes Its Most Diverse Partner Class Ever
October 1, 2019
WASHINGTON—Covington has promoted to its partnership 14 lawyers based in eight different offices, including nine women and six lawyers of ethnically diverse backgrounds. “Our new partners are exceptionally talented lawyers from a wide range of the firm’s offices and most important practices, and they are extremely well-positioned to carry the firm forward,” ...
April 30, 2019, Covington Alert
For the better part of this decade, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) has been assessing and soliciting input on, and proposing and adopting changes to, the public company disclosure regime. A principal goal of this exercise has been to improve the quality of disclosure while reducing compliance costs and other burdens on public companies. ...
11/07/2013
WASHINGTON, DC, November 7, 2013 — Salix Pharmaceuticals, Ltd., and Santarus, Inc. announced today that the companies have entered into a merger agreement where Salix will acquire all of the outstanding stock of Santarus for $32 in cash per share, for a total value of approximately $2.6 billion. Covington & Burling LLP is advising Salix on both the acquisition ...
Covington Advises USTA in ESPN Broadcast Deal
May 17, 2013
WASHINGTON, DC, May 17, 2013 — The United States Tennis Association Incorporated and ESPN, Inc. announced a new 11-year broadcast deal Thursday that calls for telecasting the entire US Open exclusively on ESPN networks starting in 2015. Covington & Burling advised the USTA on the transaction. Under the agreement, ESPN will become the exclusive domestic ...
3/11/2013, Bloomberg BNA Securities Regulation & Law Report
Education
University of Maryland School of Law, J.D., 2011
- summa cum laude
- Maryland Law Review, Executive Notes and Comments Editor
- Recipient of the Elizabeth Maxwell Carroll Chesnut and William Strobel Thomas graduation awards
Georgia Institute of Technology, B.S., 2005
- Highest Honors
- President’s Undergraduate Research Award Recipient