Michael J.W. Rennock

• mrennock@steptoe.com
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Michael J.W. Rennock is a partner in the New York office of Steptoe & Johnson LLP, where he is a member of the Corporate, Securities & Finance Group.

A transactional attorney, Mr. Rennock’s practice is primarily focused on corporate finance and securities, mergers and acquisitions, corporate governance and private equity/venture capital. He represents companies, investors, and investment banks in a variety of financing transactions, including public offerings and private placements of equity and debt securities.

Mr. Rennock regularly advises buyers and sellers in a broad array of industries in both public and private mergers and acquisitions, asset sales, and other divestitures. He has worked on convertible and high-yield debt financings, Rule 144A offerings, leveraged buyouts, recapitalizations, project financings, spinoffs, secured and unsecured borrowings, and joint ventures. Mr. Rennock also counsels corporate clients on a regular basis with respect to corporate, corporate governance, and securities law matters.

Public and private companies in a wide variety of industries, including telecommunications, wireless communications, electronic data transmission, defense, retail, healthcare, child care, banking, energy, and transportation retain him for counsel regarding their financial and transactional needs.

Select News & Events

• Steptoe Advises IVANS on Sale to ABILITY Network, Applied Systems
• Steptoe Advises Morgan Stanley on Equity Investment of Eris Exchange
• Steptoe Advises Stagecoach on Acquisition of Coach America
• Steptoe Advises RSoft Design Group in Acquisition by Synopsys
• Law360 Features Michael Rennock in Q&A
• $1.6 Billion Acquisition Transactions Announced by L-1 Identity Solutions
• US Securities Regulation, March 23, 2006, International Legal Training Conference
• Effect of Sarbanes-Oxley on Mergers, Acquisitions, and IPOs, October 19, 2004, IIA Conference
• Identifying and Controlling Corporate Risk at the Executive Level, September 24, 2004
• InfoComm Venture Forum (panel moderator), February 17, 2004, SAEC
• Later Stage Financing: Technology and New Media (panel moderator), October 28, 2003, SAEC
• Going Private--Transforming a Public Company Without Killing It, October 17, 2002, New York Business Forums Masterclass Workshop

Selected Publications

• Doing Business in the United States
  July 14, 2011, Practical Law Company Cross-Border Doing Business in… Handbook
• The Nuts and Bolts of A VC Financing Transaction: Current Issues and Standard Deal Terms
  Inside the Minds: Analyzing VC Deal Terms
  2008, published by Apastore Books
• Growing Impact of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 on Private Companies
  November 2004, Journal of Taxation of Financial Institutions Vol 18
• The Sarbanes-Oxley Drum Beats On: SEC Issues Proposed Rules on Audit Committee Financial Experts, Internal Controls, and Improper Influence in Conduct of Audits
  January 2003, Journal of Taxation of Financial Institutions
• Going Public Sourcebook: The Initial Public Offering Process and the Compliance Requirements of a Public Company
  1999, published by RR Donnelley Financial

Professional Affiliations

• New York Bar
• Association of the Bar of the City of New York Committee to Enhance Diversity in the Profession
• Central Park Track Club, Board of Directors
• New York Road Runners Club