Irina Yevmenenko
Counsel
New York
irina.yevmenenko@lw.com
+1.212.906.1757
PRACTICES
- Capital Markets
- Israel Practice
- Public Company Representation
INDUSTRIES
EDUCATION
- Certificate in Business & Public Policy, Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, 2006
- JD, University of Pennsylvania Law School, 2006
- BS, Cornell University, 2000
LANGUAGES SPOKEN
- English
- Russian
PROFILE
Irina Yevmenenko advises executives and boards of domestic and international companies on a range of complex compliance issues and regulatory requirements, with a focus on public company advisory matters, including ongoing disclosure and filing obligations under US federal securities laws, as well as corporate governance and compensation disclosure matters.
Drawing on her broad-based corporate experience, Irina helps clients in a variety of industries successfully navigate the US public markets. She advises public companies ranging in size and maturity, from Fortune 500s to mid- and small-caps.
Irina’s work includes advising on:
- Ongoing disclosure and filing obligations under US federal securities laws, including periodic reports on Forms 10-K, 20-F, and 10-Q; current reports on Forms 8-K and 6-K; and earnings announcements
- Listing requirements of major US exchanges
- General corporate governance matters and initiatives
- Beneficial ownership reporting and compliance pursuant to Section 16 and Section 13, Rule 10b5-1 trading plans, and insider trading policies and related matters
- Regulation Fair Disclosure (FD) compliance
- Equity plan roll-out procedures, including related Form S-8 filings, and board and committee actions related to approval and adoption of incentive plans and awards made thereunder
- Executive and director compensation disclosure obligations
- Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) inquiry responses
- SEC no-action requests
- Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) inquiry responses
- Implementation of required organizational and corporate governance documents, charters, and policies for pre-IPO issuers
- Delisting and deregistration in connection with going-private and similar transactions for domestic and international NYSE and NASDAQ issuers
- All aspects of annual shareholders meetings, including proxy statement filings and related annual board and committee actions
- Best and evolving corporate governance practices, trends, and compliance issues, including policies of proxy advisory firms, such as ISS and Glass Lewis; environmental, social, and governance (ESG) trends and developments; and shareholder activism and engagement issues
- Corporate share repurchase programs
Irina frequently writes on topics related to corporate governance for legal publications, including The Corporate Governance Advisor, Practical Law Journal, and Bloomberg Corporate Law Journal.
Accolades
- Pro Bono Publico Awards Honoree
The Legal Aid Society 2016 - Empire State Counsel Honoree for Pro Bono
NY State Bar Association 2008
EXPERIENCE
Representative clients include:
- Abcam
- Allot*
- Atai
- Caesarstone*
- Calpine*
- CleanSpark
- Cnova*
- Cyberark Software
- Echostar*
- Ethan Allen*
- Evertec
- Evolv Technology
- GFL Environmental
- Global-e
- Hess*
- ironSource
- JetBlue Airways
- Kansas City Southern Railway*
- Lightbridge*
- Luxoft Holding*
- Mediwound
- Neogames
- Newmont Mining*
- Ouster
- Progyny
- ReWalk Robotics*
- Riskified
- SodaStream International*
- Sportradar
- Tufin Software Technologies*
- WalkMe
- Winc
- Wix
*Matter handled prior to joining Latham