Steve is widely recognized as one of the leading lawyers in the country in assisting hedge funds in obtaining Board representation in public companies. Steve has been involved in seeking Board representation in over 300 public companies and his expertise in proxy contests throughout the United States is unmatched. Steve’s activist practice also includes mergers and acquisitions of public companies and hostile takeovers. He has extensive experience representing public and private issuers of debt and equity securities, and investment funds in their formation, capital raising and investment transactions. Steve also has significant experience in the representation of investment banks in their role as underwriters in public offerings, placement agents in private placements and advisors in merger and acquisition transactions. His expertise also includes counseling corporate clients in planning and structuring activities, corporate governance matters, contract negotiations, dealings with stock exchanges and public company compliance matters.