Bio

Steven Boender is a partner in the firm’s Corporate group and co-chair of the Transportation Industry Group. He focuses his practice on corporate transactional matters, including mergers and acquisitions, financings, and other corporate and securities issues. Steven has represented corporate clients and financial advisors on a variety of transactions, including acquisitions, joint ventures, restructurings, and commercial contracts. He has assisted startup and emerging growth companies with formation, fundraising and structuring issues, as well as several joint development arrangements in the area of technology. He has represented issuers and underwriters in public offerings and private placements of debt, equity, and convertible securities. Steven also counsels a number of public company clients on securities compliance matters, including periodic reporting, current reporting, proxy statements, shelf registration statements, and employee benefit plan matters. Whether he is advising a startup company or an established, mature enterprise, Steven’s focus remains the same: putting the client’s needs and expectations first, and providing sound, practical advice in a language clients can understand. Understanding the client’s industry, business, goals, and aspirations is critical to delivering that level of service, and Steven’s business background and broad array of industry experiences, including automotive and transportation, heavy manufacturing, agriculture/food, consumer goods, and technology (both semiconductor and software), allow him to quickly acclimate to any particular client’s unique attributes. Prior to joining Stoel Rives, Steven was a partner with K&L Gates LLP and an associate with Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom.