Steven R. Barth is a partner and business lawyer with Foley & Lardner LLP where he is co-chair of the firm’s national Transactional & Securities Practice. Mr. Barth practices in the areas of mergers, acquisitions, leveraged recapitalizations and buyouts; venture capital and private equity fund formation and portfolio company investment; public and private offerings of equity and debt securities; public corporation securities laws and reporting compliance; corporate governance; and the organization, development and financing of startup and development stage corporations. Mr. Barth also has extensive experience in counseling mid-market and closely held firms, including many family businesses. He has helped many mid-sized companies adopt and implement their strategic plans and transition ownership and management to the next family generation, to employees and to strategic or financial buyers. Mr. Barth is a member of the Food & Beverage, Manufacturing, and Health Care Industry Teams. He is also a leader of the firm’s Legal Innovation Hub® for NextGen Manufacturers, a firm-wide network of advisors who provide strategic guidance on issues facing the next generation of manufacturers.
Mr. Barth has represented buyers, sellers, investors, and intermediaries in over 600 business combination transactions aggregating over $20.0 billion in total consideration. He has worked on deals both domestically and internationally, involving both publicly held and private corporations, over a broad range of industries. Mr. Barth also has represented issuers or underwriters in securities offerings raising over $20 billion and he represents or has represented numerous publicly traded companies, including The Marcus Corporation (NYSE: MCS), Orion Energy Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: OESX), First Business Financial Services, Inc. (NASDAQ: FBIZ), Cummins, Inc. (NYSE: CMI), Superior Services, Inc. (NYSE: SUPR), Fresh Brands, Inc. (NASDAQ: FRSH), MGIC Investment Corp. (NYSE: MTG), Northland Cranberries, Inc. (NASDAQ: CRBY), Hein-Werner, Inc (AMEX: HWI) and Bucyrus International, Inc. (NASDAQ: BUCY). Mr. Barth also is one of Robert W. Baird & Co. Inc.’s (regional investment banking firm) primary outside counsels.
