Lawyers in United States

Stephen Double

Partner

Holland & Knight

Stephen Drobny

Partner

Jones Walker LLP

Stephen E. Gruendel

Steve Gruendel represents banks and other creditors in connection with workouts and bankruptcies. A certified mediator, a former entrepreneur and a workout lawyer, Steve brings a practical, solution-seeking approach to complex legal situations. He’s been recognized in Chambers Partners USA as a go-to workout lawyer for the past 14 years. Steve is co-head of the Bankruptcy & Financial Restructuring group. He represents banks and other creditors in workouts and bankruptcies. Also certified as a mediator, Steve brings a practical, problem-solving approach to workouts and recognizes that in most situations a practical and cooperative solution is better for his creditor clients than a collection action or a liquidation. Steve’s practice encompasses both syndicated credit facilities and bilateral loans and leases. With clients that are national, regional and local, his work is as likely to involve a restructure of a publicly traded defense contractor’s syndicated credit facility as it is the cooperative liquidation or winddown of a regional hog producer or franchisee’s restaurant chain. Workout matters regularly involve forbearance agreements, amendments, wind-downs and debt restructuring agreements. Chapter 11 matters regularly involve debtor-in-possession financings and cash collateral use, section 363 sales and negotiated and/or contested reorganization plans. Steve’s workout matters also often involve intercreditor issues with third parties, including payment subordination, lien subordination, and surety-related rights and he frequently advises clients about how to structure loans that involve particularly thorny or complex issues. In his free time, he coaches a high school mock trial team at Covenant Day School in Matthews, NC.

Moore & Van Allen, PLLC

Stephen Esko

Recognized as a leading lawyer in the Structured Finance: Securitizations category by The Legal 500 US, Stephen Esko advises clients on all aspects of asset-backed and mortgage-backed securitizations. His experience encompasses a wide range of structured finance transactions, including issuer and underwriter representation in public and private securitizations, asset sales and financings, structured note issuances and credit derivatives work. Stephen works with government-sponsored enterprises, banks, lenders, broker-dealers and mortgage loan servicers.

Katten

Stephen F. Arcano

Partner

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Stephen F. Propst

Partner

Hogan Lovells US LLP

Stephen Forte

Principal

Offit Kurman

Stephen Fotis

Stephen Fotis specializes in federal and state environmental regulation. His work focuses on matters relating to the Clean Air Act, global climate change, as well as the Clean Water Act, Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, and other environmental statutes. Stephen provides advice and representation in legislative matters (including legislative drafting), agency rulemakings, appellate litigation, air permitting, environmental regulatory compliance, and advancement of emerging electric generation, and pollution control technologies. He represents electric utilities, independent power producers, automobile manufacturers, petroleum refineries, governmental entities, and labor unions. He also provides counsel to numerous trade associations representing these industries. With respect to the Clean Air Act, Stephen has worked extensively on air policy, regulatory, and transactional matters for over 25 years. He is a leading authority on the regulation of stationary sources under the Clean Air Act, including the New Source Review program. He regularly advises clients on federal policy development through legislation and administrative rulemakings. This work has included the development of major Clean Air Act amendments and national rulemakings for implementing federal air regulatory programs as well as the implementation of the National Ambient Air Quality Standards, including the 8-hour ozone standard and the fine particulate matter standard. In addition, Stephen assists clients in the permitting of new facilities, a wide range of transactional matters, compliance assurance of federal and state air requirements, and the resolution of major enforcement actions.

Van Ness Feldman LLP

Stephen Gaines

Of Counsel - Corporate and Finance Transactions

Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner

Stephen Gidiere

Partner

Balch & Bingham LLP

Stephen Gill

Partner

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Stephen Gillespie

Partner

WilmerHale

Stephen Glover

Stephen I. Glover is a partner in the Washington, D.C. office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher who previously served as Co-Chair of the firm’s Global Mergers and Acquisitions Practice. He represents public and private companies in M&A, joint ventures, equity and debt offerings and corporate governance matters.

Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP

Stephen Gruberg

Steve is a partner in Proskauer's Corporate Department and a member of the Private Credit Group and the Leveraged Finance Group. His principal focus is the representation of leading private credit providers, direct lenders and investment banks in a wide range of leveraged loan transactions across the capital structure spectrum, with a particular focus on leveraged sponsor buyouts, acquisition financings and leveraged recapitalizations. Steve has industry experience in a wide range of business sectors including healthcare, software, restaurants, industrial and manufacturing, retail and financial services. Steve’s clients include many of the market leaders in upper-middle and middle-market lending space, including Ares Capital, Antares Capital, Golub Capital, KKR Capital, NXT Capital, Varagon Capital, UBS and Morgan Stanley.

Proskauer Rose LLP

Stephen H. Hall

Partner

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

Stephen H. Lee

Stephen Lee is an accomplished trial lawyer with over 30 years of experience representing companies and individuals in a broad range of complex commercial disputes across the United States and internationally. His practice spans matters involving product sales contracts, business acquisitions and divestitures, trade secret litigation, and claims for breach of fiduciary duty. He also regularly represents corporate officers and directors in shareholder disputes. Stephen has extensive experience defending companies—particularly in the pharmaceutical sector—in product liability litigation, government investigations, and accident and personal injury claims. He also counsels clients on internal investigations and risk mitigation strategies. In the energy sector, Stephen has represented exploration and production companies, as well as oilfield service providers, in litigation nationwide. His work with chemical manufacturers and marketers has given him in-depth knowledge of the design, operation, and economics of chemical facilities, making him a trusted advisor in this highly technical industry.

Porter Hedges LLP

Stephen Hibbard

Stephen Hibbard is a partner in Proskauer's Litigation Department and a member of the Securities Litigation, Asset Management Litigation, and White Collar & Investigations groups. Stephen is the chair of Proskauer's Securities Litigation Group. A highly regarded complex commercial and securities litigator with more than 30 years of experience, Steve represents financial institutions, companies, and individuals in commercial litigation, securities class actions, merger & acquisition litigation, derivative actions, and corporate governance disputes. He routinely represents clients in regulatory or internal investigations, and regularly advises public companies on fiduciary duty and disclosure issues. Steve has led the defense of dozens of headline-making and high-profile matters from cryptocurrency to cyber-security, from fintech to greentech, and from the housing mortgage crisis to the age of digital assets and AI. Buyers, sellers, and financial advisors have relied on him in merger litigation, including in dozens of technology company mergers. Steve has also handled complex litigation matters involving corporate finance, accounting, antitrust, defamation, copyright, tax, employment, RICO, and unfair business practices claims for businesses in a wide range of industries including investment banking, commercial banking, venture capital, private equity, asset management, biotech, pharmaceuticals, hardware, semiconductors, software, and sports leagues and teams.

Proskauer Rose LLP

Stephen Hug

Steve Hug represents clients in matters related to federal and state regulatory policies, regulations and rules applicable to the electric and renewable power industries. He has experience with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) and the Federal Power Act (FPA), wholesale power trading, centralized energy and capacity markets, transmission and interconnection matters and representation of utilities in contested proceedings before FERC. Steve also has experience with state regulatory matters, including renewable energy credits, state net metering programs, interconnection issues and retail choice programs. Stephen also has experience negotiating agreements for the sale of energy, capacity, ancillary services, and environmental attributes. Prior to entering private practice, served as an attorney advisor in the Office of the General Counsel, Energy Markets at FERC. To learn more about Stephen, please visit his full profile: https://www.akingump.com/en/lawyers-advisors/stephen-j-hug

Akin

Stephen Hurlbut

Partner, Real Estate Construction

Akerman LLP

Stephen J Watson

Norton Rose Fulbright

Stephen Jacobson

Stephen Jacobson is an executive compensation partner in the Houston office of Kirkland & Ellis LLP. He advises public and private companies, private equity firms and their portfolio companies on a wide range of employment, executive compensation and employee benefit matters, including in connection with complex business transactions. Stephen regularly advises clients on structuring and implementing equity and cash-based incentive plans as well as the applicable tax, securities law, corporate governance and disclosure implications of those arrangements. Known for providing practical advice, Stephen also represents clients in negotiating employment, separation and incentive agreements.

Kirkland & Ellis LLP

Stephen Jordan

Stephen Jordan, a partner in the firm’s Tax Group, represents private equity and investment management firms on a full range of transactional and advisory matters. Mr. Jordan is based in the firm’s New York office. Mr. Jordan’s practice focuses on the tax aspects of complex fundraising and M&A transactions, including cross-border and public company restructuring deals. Additionally, Mr. Jordan has a strong background in tax policy analysis and in advising complex organizations on the potential business impact of proposed tax legislation. He is a frequent panelist on tax issues and has advocated for the private equity and investment management industries tax priorities before various governmental authorities in the United States and abroad.

Debevoise & Plimpton LLP

Stephen Juris

Mr. Juris has extensive experience litigating complex commercial disputes and representing corporate and individual clients in connection with government investigations and regulatory enforcement matters. Mr. Juris has represented clients in sophisticated commercial and appellate litigation in state and federal courts, and has also conducted internal investigations across a diverse range of industries.

Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP

Stephen Kastenberg

Partner

Ballard Spahr LLP