Steven J. Pacini

Steven J. Pacini represents private equity sponsors, growth companies, and global companies in enterprise-critical disputes arising from mergers and acquisitions, strategic partnerships, and complex commercial relationships.

Steven combines deal fluency and a trial lawyer’s focus to resolve disputes that threaten key transactions, products, and business relationships. He advises clients across sectors, including healthcare, technology, and financial services, on a range of high-stakes matters involving:

• M&A and private equity disputes, including earnout and milestone claims, purchase price adjustments, and indemnification
• Governance and founder matters, including fiduciary duty, control contests, business divorce, and internal investigations
• Trade secrets, restrictive covenants, and executive mobility litigation
• Commercial and technology disputes involving SaaS, fintech, data security, and platform agreements
• Insurance recovery and risk transfer strategy
• Product liability and mass tort defense

Steven advises clients from deal to dispute, providing practical deliverables, crisp plans, and decisive advocacy for disputes that arise across deals, people, and technologies. A trusted strategic advisor, he works closely with founders, executives, and boards to identify and mitigate potential areas of conflict before they escalate. He also regularly helps clients secure emergency relief and guides companies through expedited arbitrations and matters before the Delaware Court of Chancery and American Arbitration Association (AAA)/JAMS.

He serves on the board of the Youth Advocacy Foundation (Massachusetts) and on the Massachusetts Advisory Council of the New England Foundation. He also maintains an active pro bono practice in juvenile defense.