Corporate, Securities & Finance

Steptoe corporate attorneys represent clients in many kinds of business transactions, ranging from simple, routine financings to complex ventures. We work with clients at every stage—arranging money for startups; negotiating mergers, joint ventures, and acquisitions; and arranging alliances. We advise in all areas of corporate, securities & finance transactions, litigation, and counseling, representing issuers, underwriters, and investors. 

We advise on a range of complex financial transactions, particularly those in a cross-border context. Our clients cover a variety of industries, both foreign and domestic entities and individuals.

Our attorneys are recognized as leading lawyers in publications such as Arizona Business Magazine Top Lawyers, The Best Lawyers in America, Legal 500 UK, Legal Experts UK, DealMakers, and Super Lawyers. The firm was selected by in-house counsel at Fortune 500 companies and the publishers of Corporate Counsel magazine as a 2010 "Go-To Law Firm" for corporate transactions/M&A in the magazine’s “In-House Law Departments at the Top 500 Companies” directory.

Noteworthy

• Ranked, Chambers Global 2013, Corporate/M&A: Experts Based Abroad (Russia)
• Ranked, "Best Law Firms," US News and Best Lawyers 2013, Corporate Law: National, Phoenix
• Ranked, "Best Law Firms," US News and Best Lawyers 2013, Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganizaiton Law: National, Los Angeles
• Recommended, Legal 500 UK 2012, Corporate and Commercial: M&A - Mid-market, £50m - £250m
• Recommended, Legal 500 US 2012, Finance: Not-for-Profit
• Recommended, Legal 500 US 2012, Media, Technology & Telecoms: Telecoms and Broadcast - Transactional
• Named, DealMakers Country Award Winner 2011, DealMakers, UK

Select News & Events

• Steptoe Advises IVANS on Sale to ABILITY Network, Applied Systems
• World Radio Switzerland Interviews Jean Russotto
• Washington, DC Super Lawyers Recognizes 42 Steptoe Attorneys
• ClimateWire Features Luis Fortuño’s Comments on Fuel Efficiency, Gas Taxes
• Whistleblowers and the FCPA – Minimizing Internal Risk
• "Wages, the Wealth Gap and Global Manufacturing," Bloomberg China Conference, London
• A Look at Valuation Issues Arising in Acquisitions, Beijing
• "Arbitration in Mainland China" Presentation to Hong Kong Bar Association, Hong Kong

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Publications

• Corporate Methods of Business Financing (Formas Corporativas de Captacão de Recursos pelas Sociedades Anônimas)
  Jornal Carreira & Sucesso, Sao Paulo, Brazil, 2000
• Stock Exchange Regulation in Brazil – Recent Developments
  Inter-American Trade Report, National Law Center for Inter-American Free Trade, Arizona, United States, 2000
• Recent PRC Regulatory Developments in RMB Cross-Border Investments
  July 18, 2011
• Can Your Company Succeed Once The Founder Leaves?
  June 21, 2011, Business Insider

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