CHRISTEN SEWELL
Partner
Covington & Burling LLP
In her current role as a partner in Covington’s Los Angeles office, Christen Sewell counsels private and public companies and executives on all aspects of employee benefits and executive compensation. She has a particular focus on benefits issues for early stage and emerging companies, including advising on the design, compliance, and administration of stock options and equity-based plans and arrangements as well as drafting and negotiating executive compensation arrangements, including, employment, retention, change in control and separation agreements.
Among her recent work, Sewell recently represented Flexbase Technologies, a financial platform for small businesses, on the equity and executive compensation aspects of $120 million equity and debt financings. She also represented Betr, a direct-to-consumer sports micro-betting company and new media venture launched by Jake Paul and Joey Levy, on the equity and executive compensation aspects of $50 million in financings.
