Stephen is the chair of the private clients section of the tax department at Baker Botts. His practice emphasizes estate and business planning for high net worth individuals (many of whom have family-owned businesses), representation of fiduciaries and beneficiaries in estate and trust administration and representation of charities. The principal focus of his practice is the design, implementation and defense of advanced asset transfer and business succession strategies.

Mr. Dyer represents clients in Texas and throughout the country and is widely recognized for his work in transfers of hard-to-value assets, family limited partnerships, business valuation issues and family business succession planning.

Mr. Dyer’s educational background was focused on business and finance. Before becoming an attorney, he worked as an investment banker in mergers and acquisitions for Wasserstein Perella & Co., Inc.