Steptoe & Johnson

Steptoe & Johnson's Business Department attorneys help clients solve their legal challenges. Chief executive officers, business and corporate leaders, administrators and owners turn to us for committed, cost-effective representation.  Our practice areas have evolved to meet the demands of the emerging business climate and continue to evolve to meet new legal challenges and offer viable business solutions to our clients. We network on behalf of our clients and value responsive, timely, and creative work on their behalf.

• 115 attorneys, 37 specialized paralegals and 4 professional staff
• 9 Chambers USA Leaders in their Field
• 36 recognized as The Best Lawyers in America® 2012
• The Best Lawyers in America® top-listed in 12 practices

• Transactions:  Represented major bank in $700 million loan to a publicly traded partnership that manages coal and other natural resource properties nationally. 
• Private Financing & Securities:  Represented a major natural gas company in an $18.8 million private placement for natural gas drilling program with IDC tax credits for partnership investment. 
• Government Relations:  Drafted legislation on behalf of a Fortune 500 energy client, which clarified the requirements for notification of landowners in connection with development of coalbed methane development situations, and prepared implementation guidelines and procedures for the client to use under the new legislation.
• Corporate Restructuring:  Lead counsel on the structuring of a major research nonprofit’s corporate structure; the restructuring positions the nonprofit to conduct for-profit operations and enter into joint ventures through for-profit subsidiaries.  .
• Environmental:  Negotiated resolution of various environmental issues arising from sales and purchases of various businesses.
• Deal Management:  Represented the owner and publisher of 40 daily newspapers and numerous other publications in 11 states in the acquisition of approximately half of the company’s publications, including, most recently, a multi-million dollar acquisition of the controlling interest in a joint operating agreement.
• Commercial Development:  Represented an international manufacturing conglomerate in the location of a more than $175 million manufacturing facility, including negotiation, structuring and closing of financial incentives and structuring and documenting PILOT transaction.

• Banking & Commercial Transactions
• Creditor’s Rights
• Energy
• Government Relations & Employee Benefits
• Health Care
• Intellectual Property
• Public Finance
• Real Estate
• Regulatory, Environmental & Government Relations
• Taxation