Executive Committee Member
Steve serves as the head of Troutman Sanders’ Corporate Section, which includes the Securities & Corporate Governance; Mergers, Acquisitions & Business Ventures; Tax; Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation; Closely Held Business & Entrepreneurial Services; Healthcare; Financial Institutions; and Trusts & Estates practices.
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, PRGX Global, Inc., PGA Tour, Inc., Allied Systems Holdings, Inc., LexisNexis Group, Novare Group Holdings, and Rheem Manufacturing Company. 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 PRGX Global, Inc. (formerly 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 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 LexisNexis Group in connection with the formation of an insurance exchange
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 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 ChoicePoint Inc. in connection with its acquisition of various private companies
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 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
Long-Range Planning Committee, 2008-present
Glenn Memorial United Methodist Church, Board of Trustees, 2007-2009
Junior Achievement of Georgia, Board of Directors, 2004-present
Secretary, 2007-present
Metropolitan Atlanta YMCA, Board of Directors, 2005-2008
Chair, Human Resources Committee, 2008
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