Bio

Stephen Leitzell advises clients on domestic and cross-border mergers and acquisitions, securities offerings, financings and public company reporting and governance issues. His clients are varied, including public and privately-held corporations, business development corporations, private equity sponsors and their portfolio companies. He also has experience across a wide range of industries, most significantly in the health care and technology sectors. Mr. Leitzell is a co-head of Dechert’s capital markets group and co-head of Dechert’s strategic transactions product line. Mr. Leitzell is listed as a "Highly regarded" lawyer for M&A in the IFLR1000 and has also been recognized for capital markets: high yield debt offerings and for M&A in legal directory The Legal 500 United States, which noted that he “gives very consistent and capable help.” In 2014, Mr. Leitzell was part of the Dechert team that received “Standout” recognition in the Financial Times' North America Innovative Lawyers 2014 awards. The team was recognized for its innovative representation of the Certares-led investor group in its joint venture with American Express Company for its Global Business Travel division valued at US$1.8 billion and related US$900 million investment. In 2019, Mr. Leitzell was part of the pro bono team that was shortlisted for “Lawyer of the Year” by TrustLaw, the global pro bono service of the Thomson Reuters Foundation, for their work with Esusu Financial Inc. In 2022, Mr. Leitzell was recognized by the Grayson School as its 2022 GROW Honoree in recognition of his pro bono support of the school.