Presenter Profile
Steven Carman
Partner
Practice Areas
Mergers & Acquisitions, Securities & Corporate Governance, Private Equity Financing, Investment Management, Energy Industry, Corporate
Significant Accomplishments
- • Numerous debt and equity offerings for investment companies and unregistered funds
- • Acquisitions and divestitures for public and private companies and in numerous industries ranging in size from $500,000 to $640 million
- • Numerous public offerings of debt and equity in the financial services, transportation and commodities industries, including several IPOs
- • General representation of several early stage technology focused companies, providing advice ranging from appropriate employee incentive structures to technology licensing arrangements
- • Advised and assisted in numerous venture capital investments, representing recipient companies and venture investors
- • Several private placements of securities
- • Structured and negotiated tax-free sale of $92 million insurance company
- • Public registration and exchange listing of $500 million real estate company
- • Represented independent directors and special committees of boards of directors
- • Voted as a 2007, 2008 and 2009 Missouri & Kansas “Super Lawyer®” in the area of Securities & Corporate Finance law
- • Listed in The Best Lawyers in America®, 2006-2010
- • Rated “Leading Individual” in Corporate/M&A (Missouri) by Chambers USA, 2008 The Client’s Guide
- • Ranked in the 2009 edition of Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business in the area of Corporate/Mergers & Acquisitions
Representative Clients
Blue Valley Ban Corp., Dunn Industries, Inc., Elecsys Corporation, Midwest Research Institute, The Kansas City Star, Tortoise Capital Advisors, L.L.C.
Education
- • J.D., University of Pennsylvania, 1985
- • M.B.A., Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania, 1985
- • B.A., Hamilton College, 1981
Admissions
- • Missouri, 1989
- • New York, 1986
Professional Affiliations
- • The Missouri Bar
Civic and Charitable Organizations
- • Enterprise Center of Johnson County, Past Chair
- • Northeast Johnson County Chamber of Commerce, Past Chair
- • United Community Services of Johnson County, Past Board of Directors
Background
- • Partner Board, 2008
- • Joined firm as Partner, 1995
- • Morrison & Hecker, 1988-1995
- • Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft, 1985-1988
