Steve is a corporate and business transactions partner in the firm's private equity, emerging company and venture capital practice groups. He is co-chair of the firm’s cleantech capital group. Steve advises companies and their equity investors - from formation, through growth and expansion, to exit – in connection with business and strategic planning, legal, tax and capital structuring, financing, strategic partnerships, and company sales. He also represents venture capital, growth equity, mezzanine and buyout funds, as well as family office, corporate venture and angel investors in connection with venture, growth equity and private equity investments. Having represented companies, investors, and lenders, as well as both financial and strategic buyers and sellers, Steve has experience with many sides and aspects of capital raising, strategic partnering and mergers and acquisitions.
"Our clients are more than companies, institutions and executives – they’re visionary entrepreneurs and business builders who are shaping world-changing industries. Our clients are not only responsible for our success, they make our job exciting, rewarding and fun."

Steve has broad experience in the tax, management equity, finance, securities law and intellectual property aspects of venture and private equity financings, mergers and acquisitions, and joint ventures. He passed the CPA examination in Virginia in 1989 and received a masters of law degree in taxation (with distinction) in 1998.

As an advisor to many new ventures and private equity funds, Steve routinely works with companies, funds and family offices investing in the most active and rapidly-evolving industries. In addition to more traditional manufacturing, distribution, retail and engineering business clients, he has worked with companies and their investors in information technologies, SAAS, clean tech (including alternative energy, energy efficiency, resource management and sustainability), healthcare IT, life sciences, media, publishing, training and education.

As general counsel to companies and investors, Steve coordinates the services of the firm's debt finance, intellectual property, real estate, employment and securities lawyers to provide timely and efficient legal services to clients. Steve also maintains an active network of private equity, mezzanine and venture capital fund, corporate, family office, angel investor, bank and investment bank, accounting, entrepreneur and executive contacts. He leverages these contacts to make introductions to and access a variety of resources for clients.

Steve contributes to The Energy & Environment Investor blog which covers news and trends impacting investments in energy and environmental solutions.