Stephen Reil handles a full range of
corporate transactions, including
acquisitions, dispositions, mergers,
reorganizations, joint ventures, growth
equity financing and corporate governance.
He focuses on middle-market private equity
matters, representing public and private
companies and private equity funds in a
broad range of corporate transactions, and
he represents companies in the healthcare
industry in corporate matters.
In the M&A area, he represents
corporate clients throughout the
acquisition and sale process and assists
private equity funds in the acquisition
and disposition of assets or equity
positions in portfolio companies. He also
advises companies and shareholders in sale
transactions, often with founders looking
for an exit or some liquidity.
In the private equity area, Stephen has
been the lead attorney on a number of
deals, negotiating and drafting a wide
variety of deal-related documents,
including merger agreements, stock and
asset purchase agreements, security
holders' agreements and other primary and
ancillary documents for both public and
private clients. He also advise clients
and boards of directors on fiduciary
duties and shareholder democracy issues,
as well as negotiating and drafting '33
and '34 Act disclosure documents and
security offerings and supporting
agreements, including 144A offerings.
In
the area of growth equity investments and
capital raises, Stephen
represents corporate clients that are
raising capital through equity and debt
financings, including venture capital
financings and convertible note
offerings.
In the intellectual
property area, Stephen assists in
intellectual property license agreements
related to trademarks, copyrights and
patents, often in connection with the
purchase or divestiture of entities or
assets, and he provides buy-side and
sell-side diligence review of intellectual
property documents.
Before attending law school, Stephen was
an engineer with Bechtel National and ATI
Architects and Engineers. He is a licensed
civil engineer in California.
