Steptoe corporate lawyers represent companies in all areas of corporate, securities, and finance transactions, particularly those in a cross-border context. We work with clients at every stage of the business cycle, from entity formation and early stage financing, to day-to-day advice on business and legal issues, to negotiating mergers, acquisitions, joint ventures and dispositions, to complex financial and restructuring transactions.
Our clients include multinational, domestic, regional companies in industries such as telecommunications, government contracts, consumer good manufacturing and distribution, renewable energy, retail and hospitality, real estate, and health care. We also represent issuers, underwriters, and investors in all types of financing transactions.
For many of our privately-held regional and national clients, our corporate lawyers serve in an outside general counsel role, advising on issues such as organizational structure, product distribution and supplier contracts, executive employment arrangements, and governance matters.
Our lawyers are recognized as leading lawyers in publications such as Best Lawyers in America, Legal 500 UK, Legal Experts UK, DealMakers, and Super Lawyers.
Noteworthy
- Legal 500 US, Finance: Corporate Restructuring, including bankruptcy (2013-2015)
- Legal 500 US, Media, Technology & Telecoms: Telecoms and Broadcast – Transactional (2007, 2009-2015)
- Legal 500 UK, Corporate and Commercial: M&A - Mid-market, £50m - £250m (2013-2014)
- Chambers Global, Corporate/M&A: Experts Based Abroad, Russia (2013)
- US News and Best Lawyers, "Best Law Firms," Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law, Nationwide – Los Angeles (2013)
- DealMakers, Country Award Winner, UK (2011)
Steptoe lawyers regularly counsel corporations, boards of directors, board committees, CEOs, CFOs, and other officers and directors on fulfilling their corporate responsibilities to shareholders and the public.
Managing corporate governance matters and litigation through seasoned counseling and vigorous defense is vital for public and private companies and their officers and directors in a legal and regulatory era of increasingly severe criminal and administrative penalties, large jury verdicts, and substantial settlements. When problems arise, we also assist corporate management, boards, and special committees as independent counsel in internal investigations and as defense counsel in derivative and shareholder litigation alleging breaches of fiduciary duty and securities law violations, among other leading areas.
News & Publications
Media Mentions
May 6, 2024
Client Alerts
US Bankruptcy Court May Decide Disputes Over Foreign Owned Assets
May 6, 2024
By: Jeffrey M. Reisner, Matt Carmody
Press Releases
March 11, 2024
Media Mentions
Payments Dive Quotes Stephen Aschettino in Article About 2024 Payments Regulation and Legislation
January 31, 2024
International Compliance Blog
Beneficial Ownership Reporting Requirements Under the Corporate Transparency Act Are Now in Effect
January 25, 2024
By: Danielle F. Fern, Sabina Jacobs Margot, David M. Stetson,
Press Releases
January 18, 2024
Press Releases
Steptoe Advises ARRAY Alliance, Inc. in Pioneering Financing Model for Ava DuVernay's 'Origin'
December 8, 2023
Press Releases
Steptoe Advises PROOF Acquisition Corp I in Closing of Business Combination with Volato
December 1, 2023
Events
Webinars
Real Estate Workouts: Borrow and Lender Issues
June 26, 2024
Speakers: Lauren Azebu, James M. Carolan, Sabina Jacobs Margot, Jeffrey M. Reisner
Webinars
Quarterly Investigations & Enforcement Update Webinar
May 1, 2024
Speakers: Jason Abel, Iris E. Bennett, Christopher R. Conte, Amba M. Datta, Stacie R. Hartman, Patrick F. Linehan, Lucinda A. Low, Michael Campion Miller, Zoe Osborne, Wendy Wysong
Webinars
What You Need to Know About the CTA: A Primer
February 13, 2024
Speakers: Danielle F. Fern, Sabina Jacobs Margot
Webinars
What’s Happening in the World of Bankruptcy
February 3, 2022
Speakers: James M. Carolan, Jeffrey M. Reisner, Joshua R. Taylor
Webinars
November 10, 2020
Speakers: James M. Carolan, Jeffrey M. Reisner, Michael Thompson, Lisa M. Zarlenga
Webinars
Distressed Asset Acquisitions: Opportunities, Challenges and Solutions
September 29, 2020
Speakers: Scott D. Fisher, Jeffrey M. Reisner
Resources
Financial Services Group Advisory
SEC, IOSCO, FSB Announce Plans to Tackle Climate-Related Disclosures in Public Filings
February 25, 2021
By: Scott D. Fisher
Financial Services Group Advisory
US Financial Regulatory Response to COVID-19
March 24, 2020
By: Micah S. Green, John T. Collins, Scott A. Sinder, Jason Abel