Stephen C. Gierasch

EXPERIENCE/REPRESENTATIVE CASES

M&A EXPERIENCE

• Counseled senior level executives and principals in assessing strategic opportunities on both the “buy side” and “sell side”
•  Led negotiations on behalf of clients for letters of intent, term sheets and sale and acquisition agreements
•  Placed acquirers with debt and equity financing sources
•  Led negotiations on behalf of clients selling to private equity firms or taking investments from private equity firms
•  Represented private investors in both minority and majority investment transactions
•  Served as lead local counsel for public companies acquiring Pennsylvania businesses

OUTSIDE GENERAL COUNSEL EXPERIENCE

• Served as trusted legal advisor to senior level executives and principals on matters ranging from key commercial/revenue side arrangements to managing and resolving disputes prior to litigation
•  Managed companies’ internal legal affairs including employee arrangements, corporate governance, risk management and compliance
•  Managed companies’ external legal affairs including customer, vendor and strategic partner arrangements
•  Served as a member of advisory boards for leading Pennsylvania businesses
•  Provided succession planning counseling and implementation related to both ownership and operations

OTHER COMMERCIAL EXPERIENCE

• Represented shareholders in disputes with other shareholders involving deadlocks, breach of fiduciary duties and other governance disagreements
•  Represented developers in the acquisition, financing and development of real estate projects
•  Represented lenders and borrowers in loan and other financing transactions
•  Represented businesses in insurance captive arrangements
• Represented technology-based businesses in licensing and other transactions involving the commercialization of their tools and applications
• Represented product companies in arrangements with “big box” retailers, QVC and the television show, Shark Tank