Steven Weiss is a partner in the firm’s Corporate & Securities Group.
With a comprehensive business approach, Steven represents a wide range of clients, including closely held businesses, sophisticated private investors, family offices, financial sponsors, entrepreneurs, start-ups and emerging companies. His industry experience includes, among others: manufacturing, insurance, scrap metal, multi-family housing, real estate development and technology.
Steven’s understanding of how a single transaction fits into the larger organization is critical to his success as a legal and business advisor. In light of that, Steven takes a big-picture approach when negotiating and structuring strategic alliances, joint ventures, mergers and acquisitions, acquisitions of distressed businesses, financings, venture capital transactions and private placements, among other areas of service.
Knowing that the success of his client’s business is tied to comprehensive legal counsel, Steven approaches his work with pragmatism and diligence.
Some of his recent transactions include:
- Represented an international distributor of food and flavor ingredients in the acquisition of a manufacturer of agricultural flavors and feed surfactants
- Represented a leading North American insurance brokerage in multiple acquisitions
- Represented various sponsors in the formation of commercial and multi-family real estate funds
- Represented a leading social media consulting firm in its series A financing round with Lightbank