Steven Stokdyk, a leading corporate lawyer, advises companies, principal investors, and investment banks on their most complex securities, finance, acquisition, and governance matters. He is the former Global Co-Chair of the firm’s Public Company Representation Practice and Local Chair of the Corporate Department.
Mr. Stokdyk has extensive experience with strategic transactions, including:
He also regularly advises public and private clients on corporate governance and structure, as well as securities law compliance.
Mr. Stokdyk draws on nearly three decades of experience representing clients in a wide range of industries, including technology, financial institutions, healthcare, gaming, and real estate.
Mr. Stokdyk represents public and private companies in their most significant M&A transactions, as well as strategic/activist defense, proxy contest, and other corporate control matters. Transactions highlights include:
Acquisitions or dispositions for:
Significant transactions for:
Numerous public company merger transactions, advising:
As a prominent capital markets lawyer, Mr. Stokdyk has extensive experience representing issuers and investment banks in a wide variety of equity and debt offerings. Transaction highlights include:
More than 70 IPOs, including:
deSPAC transactions for:
Equity and equity-linked offerings for:
Investment grade debt offerings for:
High-yield debt offerings for:
Chambers USA recognized the firm as a “powerhouse in the capital markets space.”
Chambers USA recognized the firm’s Mergers & Acquisitions Practice for “world class expertise when it comes to the most challenging transactions.”
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