ABOUT OUR FOUNDER

Erin Elizabeth Stark is the Founder and Managing Partner of Stark, bringing over 25 years
of leadership in sophisticated legal transactions and strategic advisory services. With a focus on
high-stakes corporate transactions, Erin represents financial institutions, private credit firms,
institutional investors and corporate clients in complex legal matters nationwide.

Her principal practice areas include mergers and acquisitions, private equity, real estate,
and corporate finance, with deep experience in structuring and negotiating deals across diverse
industries. She advises financial and strategic buyers and sellers, investment firms, and
corporations on acquisitions, divestitures, joint ventures, and restructurings.

Erin also has extensive experience in capital markets, structured finance, and banking
transactions, advising issuers, underwriters, lenders, asset managers, and institutional investors in
public and private finance, asset-backed securities, structured products, and collateralized loan
obligations. She provides regulatory and transactional guidance in banking, asset-based lending,
syndicated lending, and financial services innovation.

In addition, Erin provides counsel on creditors’ rights and insurance coverage matters, assisting
clients with risk mitigation, policy analysis, and complex claims disputes. She advises financial
institutions and corporate clients on strategies to protect their interests in distressed assets,
insolvency proceedings, and policy enforcement.

Beyond transactions, Erin is committed to providing fractional general counsel
services—offering on-demand, cost-effective, and strategic legal solutions tailored to clients'
needs. She fosters long-term relationships with corporate clients, connecting them with a
network of highly skilled legal professionals to drive business success and mitigate risk.
As an active leader in the legal and business communities, Erin serves on the Southern Methodist
University Parent Leadership Council and Southern Methodist University Dedman College
Executive Board. She is a Platinum X Chapter member of the Women Presidents Organization
(WPO) and Chair of the National Association of Minority and Women-Owned Law Firms’
Banking and Finance Committee. Additionally, she is the former Chair of the 2024 Season of
Hope Gala benefiting the Marcus Autism Center in Atlanta, Georgia.

Erin earned her degree from Southern Methodist University and completed executive education
at Harvard Business School. Her leadership and dedication continue to shape Stark as a
premier law firm delivering tailored, results-driven legal solutions for an evolving business
landscape.

Erin is a Texas native and outside of work, she is obsessed with her kids and enjoys spending
time in Italy visiting family and friends.