Christopher S. Evans

Senior Vice President of Human Resources and General Counsel

Chris Evans is the chief legal officer for Confluence and leads its Human Resources function. He oversees the legal aspects of Confluence's growing, global operations, serving as Legal Advisor to the sales and product development functions, as well as the company's risk management officer. In addition, Chris leads Confluence’s HR team in retaining and recruiting top-shelf talent, administering pay and benefits, as well as measuring and improving employee performance.

Evans joined Confluence in 2014 as Assistant General Counsel. He came from Saul Ewing LLP where he assisted Confluence as outside counsel in assessing and executing strategic acquisition opportunities and advised on general corporate matters.

Prior to that, Evans worked as an associate for Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson in Washington, DC. Most of his corporate law firm experience focused on providing counsel and advice to a diverse set of clients, most often around the equity and debt financing, merger and acquisitions transactions and intellectual property licensing.

Evans is admitted to the Bar in the jurisdictions of Pennsylvania, District of Columbia and Maryland. He graduated cum laude from the Georgetown University Law Center, in May 2008 and with a Master in Public Policy from the University of Maryland, College Park in 2007.