The SEC named Robert Evans III as Chief of the Office of International Corporate Finance. The office operates within the SEC Division of Corporation Finance and is responsible for "outreach to non-U.S. issuers that access the U.S. capital markets."

Prior to the appointment, Mr. Evans was Deputy Director of the Division of Corporation Finance. Before that, worked as a partner in the capital markets practice at Shearman & Sterling LLP.

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