Steve serves as the head of Troutman Sanders’ Corporate Section, which is comprised of approximately 125 attorneys. In that capacity, he oversees and manages the firm’s seven corporate practice areas, including Securities & Corporate Governance; Mergers, Acquisitions & Business Ventures; Tax; Closely Held Business & Entrepreneurial Services; Healthcare; Financial Institutions; and Trusts & Estates.

Steve represents clients engaged in a wide range of industries and advises them on a variety of corporate and commercial matters. His clients include Cousins Properties Incorporated, FedEx Corporation, ChoicePoint, Inc., PGA Tour, Inc., and PRG-Schultz International, Inc.  He uses his accounting and finance background to learn and understand his clients’ businesses, enabling him to provide practical, business-oriented legal advice to management and boards of directors. His specialties include mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, executive employment agreements, distribution arrangements, and general business matters.

Representative Experience
Represented PRG-Schultz International, Inc.  in connection with its recapitalization and refinancing in 2007 and in connection with its sale of Meridian VAT Reclaim Operations Limited in Ireland

Represented FedEx Corporation in connection with its acquistion of Watkins Motor Lines

Represented NDCHealth Corporation in connection with its acquisition of McKesson Corporation’s OmniLink business, its acquisition of Arclight Systems LLC, its acquisition of TechRx Incorporated, the sale of its physician clearinghouse business, and the formation of a pharmacy benefits administration joint venture

Represented ChoicePoint Inc. in connection with its acquisition of various private companies

Represented Cousins Properties Incorporated in connection with the formation of various joint venture entities to develop and own office buildings, medical office buildings and retail centers

Represented a privately held corporation engaged in the retail home improvement business in all aspects of its business, including private placements of securities to raise approximately $75,000,000

Represented a privately held pharmaceutical manufacturing company in all commercial aspects of its business, including product development agreements and manufacturing and supply agreements

Represented numerous privately held companies in the sale of their businesses to public corporations engaged in a wide range of industries, including manufacturing, retail home improvement, newspaper, oil and gas, publishing, transportation, and technology

Represented AGCO Corporation in connection with its acquisitions of Deutz Argentina S.A., the agricultural equipment and industrial tractor division of Iochpe-Maxion S.A. (a Brazilian company), the White-New Idea farm equipment business, Agricredit Acceptance Corporation and Massey Ferguson

Represented Turner Sports Inc. in connection with its joint venture with NBC Sports Ventures Inc. to televise NASCAR races and related programming

Represented Zale Corporation in connection with the sale of its Diamond Park Fine Jewelry division and in connection with its acquisition of Karten’s Jewelers, Inc

Represented a privately held company in connection with its acquisition of the rights to operate the PGA TOUR Radio Network

Represented The Southern Company in connection with its endorsement agreements with various professional golfers and its sponsorship of The TOUR Championship golf tournament

Represented AT&T Global Information Solutions Company ("AT&T-GIS") in connection with the formation of TransQuest Information Solutions, a joint venture between AT&T-GIS and Delta Air Lines, Inc

Represented the Georgia Lottery Corporation during its start-up

Represented the Georgia Superior Court Clerks Cooperative Authority in connection with its outsourcing of a statewide UCC indexing system

Civic and Community Activities
University of North Carolina Law Alumni Association, Board of Directors, 2006-present
Metropolitan Atlanta YMCA, Board of Directors, 2005-2008
    Chair, Human Resources Committee, 2008
Junior Achievement of Georgia, Board of Directors, 2004-present
    Secretary, 2007-present
Leadership Atlanta, Class of 2007
Atlanta Regional UNC Law Alumni Council
     President, 1999-2002
     Founding Member, 1997
Buckhead Business Association Leadership Development Program
     Steering Committee, 1997-2000
     Class Participant, 1995-1996