Steptoe & Johnson’s corporate attorneys assist energy, healthcare, manufacturing, engineering, technology and financial clients in all aspects of corporate and transactional law. Team attorneys provide guidance on everything from the selection of the most advantageous structure for a business to complex corporate issues and proactive advice on day to day operations, corporate governance and application of fiduciary duty standards. Our goal is to develop long term relationships with clients and serve as trusted, strategic advisors on both legal and business issues.
Representative Deals
- Owner's counsel in wastewater treatment plant construction
- International owner's local counsel in chemical plant expansion
- Purchaser counsel for coal supply agreement
- Bond counsel for a national organization in financing capital costs
- Owner counsel in the creation of assessment district
- International partner counsel in formation of aluminum joint venture
- International partner counsel in formation of chemical plant joint venture
- Owner's counsel in manufacturing plant construction project
- Owner's local counsel in wind farm development project
- Company counsel with 487 investors in 27 states
- Owner's counsel in research, design, and construction of tire recycling facility
- Owner's counsel for new manufacturing facility and related incentives
- Company counsel in negotiation of credit facility
- Underwriter counsel in restructuring of debt
Representative activities include:
Mergers, Acquisitions & Divestitures
- Asset and stock acquisitions or sales
- Choice of entity counseling
- Due diligence investigations and counseling
- Mergers and tender offers
- Spin-offs of operating divisions and business segments
- Leveraged transactions
- Obtain federal/state regulatory approval, including pre-merger filings
General Corporate & Securities
- Entity formation and start-up
- Corporate governance
- Federal and state securities law compliance
- Securities offerings
- Venture capital financing
- Private equity transactions
- Counseling new, emerging, and mature businesses
- Protect valuable intellectual property assets