Stephen Cohen is a corporate transactional attorney who represents clients across the United States as well as international clients in U.S.-based transactions. He consistently delivers strategic counsel that aligns with each client’s goals and special transaction dynamics.
Stephen’s practice focuses primarily on corporate and securities law matters, with an emphasis on corporate finance transactions. In that context, he represents public and private companies, investment banks and investors in a various capital-raising strategies, including:
- Venture capital and private equity investments
- Initial public offerings
- Follow-on public offerings
- Registered direct offerings
- Confidentially marketed public offerings
- Private placements
- Private investment in public Equity offerings (PIPEs)
- SPAC transactions
- At-the-market offerings
- Digital strategy transactions
- Debt transactions
- Other capital-raising opportunities
Boards of directors, management teams and investors turn to Stephen for guidance on corporate law issues, disclosure obligations under federal securities laws and corporate governance- matters. He also handles strategic acquisitions and dispositions for both public and private companies. Additionally, Stephen advises asset managers on fund formation, secondary market purchases, specialty finance and regulatory issues arising under the Investment Advisers Act, as well as broker-dealers on regulatory and compliance- issues.
Stephen serves as co-leader of the firm’s capital markets team and is a member of the firm’s opinion committee.
Outside his legal practice, Stephen enjoys spending time with his three children, watching football and coaching youth sports.