Eversheds Sutherland Adds M&A Partner Stacey Kern in Chicago

Stacey T. Kern has joined Eversheds Sutherland as a partner in the M&A and Private Capital teams within the firm’s Corporate Practice Group. Kern will be based in Eversheds Sutherland’s Chicago office, which opened in May.

In a release, the firm said Kern, who joins from Greenberg Traurig, has practiced for more than 20 years in such areas as mergers and acquisitions, private equity, restructurings and general corporate matters. Her clients include financial sponsors, public companies and privately held companies in connection with domestic and international transactions.

In addition to Eversheds Sutherland’s new Chicago office, the firm announced the opening of an office in San Diego on July 17.

Kern is the fifteenth U.S. lateral addition across six offices since January 2019, including Austin, Chicago, Houston, New York, Sacramento and San Diego.