Stephen Cohen Bio

Steve is Co-Chair of the firm’s Public Companies Practice. He advises middle-market public and private companies in a variety of transactional and corporate finance matters. He is an experienced securities and corporate lawyer who represents public companies in a variety of SEC reporting and corporate finance matters, including initial and follow-on public offerings, public and private financings (including private placements, PIPEs and venture financing), traditional SEC reporting and proxy work. He has served as primary counsel for public companies engaged in public and exempt offerings, as well as for hedge and private equity funds implementing acquisition and portfolio investment strategies. Steve's practice includes an emphasis on business combinations (M&A), both domestic and cross-border, corporate finance transactions and venture financing, primarily for middle-market investment funds and public and private companies. In addition, Steve has advised clients on a broad variety of corporate governance matters, including the implementation of defensive anti-takeover measures, capital restructuring transactions, as well as share repurchase and self-tender strategies. Steve has advised clients on a large number of domestic and international M&A transactions in diverse industries. With an accounting and tax background, Steve has extensive experience advising public and private companies on acquisition structuring and related due diligence matters. In addition to his traditional knowledge in the SEC and corporate finance fields, Steve’s experience within large law firms, as outside general counsel to public companies and as an officer of a public company, provides him with an enhanced perspective on the problem-solving aspects required to be a true business advisor to middle-market business clients and corporations.