Bio

Steven Bernard is a partner at Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, where he specializes in representing non-U.S. and domestic companies in U.S. IPOs, global securities offerings, cross-border mergers and acquisitions, and SEC compliance. For more than 25 years, Steve has helped private and public companies from countries throughout the world to raise capital in the United States. His practice includes all aspects of public and private company representation, including corporate governance and SEC reporting. He also has represented underwriters in numerous public offerings and investors in venture financings. Steve’s decades of experience advising non-U.S. issuers enables him to proactively identify the potential pitfalls that such companies may experience and provide practical advice to avoid them. In addition to having a role in a majority of Wilson Sonsini’s non-U.S. issuer IPOs, Steve also helps to manage the firm’s relationships with non-U.S. law firms.