Michael N. Steuch

Michael Steuch is a business lawyer who specializes in M&A, Equity and Debt Financings, and "Outside GC" work. Michael has extensive experience in counseling companies from their early growth stages through their eventual sale, helping clients with a wide variety of business agreements and corporate governance matters. He also represents many PE groups and strategic acquirors in making acquisitions and investments across a number of different industries, including: 

·       Technology, Media & Telecom (“TMT”)

·       Business Services

·       Consumer Branded Goods (including Apparel)

·       Healthcare

·       Food & Beverage

·       Manufacturing & Distribution (including Aerospace & Defense)

Michael represents buyers and sellers on structuring and documenting all aspects of mergers and stock/asset acquisitions. He also handles sales of preferred stock, convertible debt and 'retail' common equity; LLC operating agreements; executive employment arrangements and incentive compensation programs; and a variety of IP licenses and JV arrangements.

Representative Experience

·       Represented prominent media company in financings and acquisitions having an aggregate value exceeding $900 million

·       Represented multiple PE firms and strategic acquirors in a series of acquisitions across a variety of industries

·       Represented premium home products retailer in $410 million sale to public company

·       Represented healthcare business in $325 million sale to public company

·       Represented leading software company in a $200 million control sale to a PE firm

·       Represented credit card processing business in $120 million sale to public company

·       Represented security and telecom companies in $90 million and $70 million sales to PE firms

·       Represented manufacturing companies and food products in $40 million and $30 million sales to PE firms

·       Numerous securities offerings for issuers in multiple industries, including growth equity and venture capital

Representative Transactions

·       Penske Media Corporation in its acquisitions of Variety, Robb Report, Indiewire, SheKnows and BuzzAngle (along with related financings)

·       Avella in multiple acquisitions/financings and its sale to Optum Rx (a wholly owned subsidiary of United Health Group)

·       Motor Vehicle Software Corporation in its control sale to Accel-KKR Partners

·       DTT Surveillance in a leveraged recapitalization with BV Investment Partners

·       Freedom Telecommunications in its sale to Wilcon Holdings, LLC (a portfolio company of Pamlico Capital)

·       Mob Scene in its sale to an investment group led by Five Crowns Capital and StoneCreek Capital

·       Verengo, Inc. in multiple growth equity financings by institutional growth equity investors