Stephanie Zeppa maintains a comprehensive transactional practice, focusing on mergers and acquisitions, equity financing and other sophisticated business transactions. She serves as co-leader of the firm’s emerging companies and venture capital team.
Nationally recognized as a leading M&A and venture capital lawyer, Stephanie represents institutional buyers, portfolio companies, founders and private companies in high profile, complex transactions including acquisitions and divestitures, investments and exits. Her private equity experience includes fund formation, LP investments and co-investments, and working with family offices.
Her clients also include venture capital funds, high growth companies and entrepreneurs, whom she advises through critical moments in the business lifecycle—including venture and growth stage equity financings, joint ventures and strategic transactions. Her experience spans a range of industries, including technology, biotech, consumer products and food & beverage, and companies in emerging sectors such as artificial intelligence, advanced componentry and protected technology.
Stephanie brings a distinctly business-focused, solutions-driven approach to every transaction. She invests deeply in understanding each client’s business model, risk profile and long-term objectives, enabling her to craft strategies that align commercial priorities with legal precision. A disciplined and forward-thinking negotiator, she concentrates on the issues that truly drive value, anticipating obstacles, building consensus and preserving momentum at each stage of a deal. Clients frequently highlight her responsiveness, clear communication and steady leadership, crediting her with delivering complex transactions that meet their unique objectives efficiently and with minimal friction.