Corporate

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.

Professionals

Stephen A. Aschettino

Stephen Aschettino is an accomplished business lawyer and trial attorney with more than 20 years of experience handling a wide variety of complex technology transactions and high-stakes litigation...

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Financial Services, Blockchain & Cryptocurrency, Corporate, Mergers & Acquisitions

New York
1 212 506-3928

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Yael T. Ben-Zion

Yael Ben-Zion focuses her practice on corporate and transactional matters. She has broad-based experience advising international and domestic corporations on mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures,...

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Corporate, Mergers & Acquisitions

New York
+1 212 378 7522

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James M. Carolan

Jim Carolan has nearly 35 years of experience advising investors on their real estate needs including acquisition, development, financing, leasing, disposition, and regulation. His clients include...

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Private Client, Property, Corporate, Exempt Organizations

New York
+1 212 506 3919

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John Cobb

John Cobb uses a combination of deep technical knowledge and sound practical judgment to solve clients’ most challenging tax problems. His experience includes transactional planning, policy advocacy...

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Tax, Transactional Tax, Exempt Organizations, Private Client

Washington, DC
+1 202 429 3087

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Tod Cohen

Tod Cohen is one of the technology industry’s foremost leaders on internet law and policy. He draws upon more than two decades of experience in-house with some of the world’s best-known internet and e...

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Government Affairs & Public Policy, AI, Data & Digital, Internet, Telecom & Media, Corporate

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Philip F. Corsello

Phil Corsello has more than 30 years of experience in the project finance, energy and infrastructure sectors.Phil’s extensive financing experience includes representing agents, arrangers,...

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Energy, Energy Transition, Financial Services, Corporate

New York
+1 212 378 7693

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Danielle F. Fern

Danielle Fern focuses her practice on a broad spectrum of business and commercial transactions, including mergers and acquisitions, technology transactions, intellectual property licensing, product...

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Corporate, Mergers & Acquisitions, Capital Markets/Securities, Retail & E-Commerce

Los Angeles
+1 213 439 9415

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Scott D. Fisher

Scott Fisher advises corporate clients, investment funds, and individuals in connection with public and private offerings of debt and equity securities, corporate governance, mergers and acquisitions...

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Corporate, Capital Markets/Securities, Finance, Mergers & Acquisitions

New York
+1 212 378 7507

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Veronica Ganzitti

Veronica Ganzitti assists clients on corporate, commercial, re/insurance, and regulatory matters related to cross-border transactions, litigation and ADR. Veronica’s significant experience in a wide...

Associate, Steptoe International (UK) LLP

Commercial Litigation, International Arbitration, Insurance & Reinsurance, Corporate

London
+44 20 7367 8030

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Zvi Hahn

Zvi Hahn has a broad tax practice covering international tax planning for US and foreign corporations and individuals, international financing and derivative transactions, financial instruments,...

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Tax, Private Client, International Tax, Trusts & Estates