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Paul Steffens
Partner,
Troutman
A seasoned attorney, Paul focuses his practice in the areas of joint ventures, private investment funds, private securities offerings, corporate law, and mergers and acquisitions.
Across a variety of different industries, including real estate, investment management, manufacturing, distribution, business services, and information technology, Paul represents sponsors and investors in connection with the formation of joint ventures and private investment funds and other capital raising transactions, as well as buyers and sellers in mergers and acquisitions transactions.
Paul also offers counsel in structuring, negotiating, and documenting economic and governance arrangements among business principals in connection with various types of transactions and equity incentive arrangements for managers and employees. He also advises clients on corporate governance, disputes among business principals, and ownership succession.
Paul has been included in the Best Lawyers in America publication for Corporate Law, Mergers & Acquisitions Law, Venture Capital Law from 2008-2023.
Representative Matters
• Represents sponsors, operators, and U.S. and non-U.S. institutional investors, including public and private REITs, open-end and closed-end investment funds, foreign governmental authorities, and pension plans, in real estate joint venture transactions.
• Represents U.S. and non-U.S. investors in the acquisition and sale of real estate assets structured as purchases, sales, and contributions of equity interests in REITs, limited liability companies, and partnerships.
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• Represents sponsors and investors in the formation, offering and operation of private investment funds, including real estate investment funds, GP funds, LP co-invest funds, employee co-invest funds, venture capital funds, private equity funds, and hedge funds.
• Represents issuers and investors in private placements of equity and convertible debt in capital raising transactions.
• Represents private equity funds as well as strategic buyers and sellers on both the buy-side and the sell-side in mergers and acquisitions.
• Counsels clients in structuring, negotiating, and documenting economic and governance arrangements among business principals in connection with various types of transactions.
• Represents clients in structuring, negotiating, and documenting equity incentive arrangements for managers and employees.
• Advises clients on corporate governance, disputes among business principals, and ownership succession
Across a variety of different industries, including real estate, investment management, manufacturing, distribution, business services, and information technology, Paul represents sponsors and investors in connection with the formation of joint ventures and private investment funds and other capital raising transactions, as well as buyers and sellers in mergers and acquisitions transactions.
Paul also offers counsel in structuring, negotiating, and documenting economic and governance arrangements among business principals in connection with various types of transactions and equity incentive arrangements for managers and employees. He also advises clients on corporate governance, disputes among business principals, and ownership succession.
Paul has been included in the Best Lawyers in America publication for Corporate Law, Mergers & Acquisitions Law, Venture Capital Law from 2008-2023.
Representative Matters
• Represents sponsors, operators, and U.S. and non-U.S. institutional investors, including public and private REITs, open-end and closed-end investment funds, foreign governmental authorities, and pension plans, in real estate joint venture transactions.
• Represents U.S. and non-U.S. investors in the acquisition and sale of real estate assets structured as purchases, sales, and contributions of equity interests in REITs, limited liability companies, and partnerships.
Troutman Pepper Hamilton Sanders LLP 2
• Represents sponsors and investors in the formation, offering and operation of private investment funds, including real estate investment funds, GP funds, LP co-invest funds, employee co-invest funds, venture capital funds, private equity funds, and hedge funds.
• Represents issuers and investors in private placements of equity and convertible debt in capital raising transactions.
• Represents private equity funds as well as strategic buyers and sellers on both the buy-side and the sell-side in mergers and acquisitions.
• Counsels clients in structuring, negotiating, and documenting economic and governance arrangements among business principals in connection with various types of transactions.
• Represents clients in structuring, negotiating, and documenting equity incentive arrangements for managers and employees.
• Advises clients on corporate governance, disputes among business principals, and ownership succession
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