Bio

Stephen Koval structures and negotiates complex business and private equity transactions, including public and private mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, carveouts, and recapitalizations. He is particularly focused on industries in which he has substantial experience, including retail, consumer goods and luxury brands, transactional health care, industrials, and services. As a highly sought-after dealmaker who has been active in the private equity arena since its inception in the early ’80s, Mr. Koval serves as trusted advisor to leading private equity firms across the middle-market, including Prospect Hill Growth Partners, Castle Harlan, NexPhase Capital, Verus Investment Partners, and Halifax Capital Partners. His considerable experience involves counseling on public offerings and private placements of debt and equity securities; representing financial institutions and US issuers of all sizes in the United States, as well both US and international entities, in cross-border offerings; restructuring the debt of financially distressed public and private companies; and serving as a skilled corporate counselor to boards of directors and their committees on governance, executive compensation and a broad range of other issues. In addition to operating an active practice, Mr. Koval also provides leadership to the firm’s practices. He previously served as co-head of the Corporate Department and is currently the co-head of the firm’s global Private Equity practice.