Chair, Specialty Finance Group
Co-Head, NYC Office

Wherever major investment funds are putting money to work — whether the arena is public or private, equity or debt, mezzanine or hedge fund — Steven Siesser plays a prominent role. As chair of the firm’s Specialty Finance Group, Steven actively represents investors, target companies, and intermediaries, such as investment banks and high-net-worth individuals, in all manner of sophisticated transactions. He often serves officially as their outside general counsel and unofficially as their trusted business and legal advisor, providing them with much-needed perspective on the universe of challenges they face.

Steven’s clients know that he is totally focused on their interests. He is very much a hands-on, “working partner” who gets deeply involved in the details of the deals he arranges. Not content simply to point out problems, he finds ways to fix them — to get the deal done without getting bogged down in what he calls “lawyer minutiae.” He is available anytime, not just to answer his clients’ questions, but also to answer what “they’re not asking, but should be.” He always refers to them as “we” and “us,” which sums up, in a way, his role as a key member of their inner circle.

Steven is also known as a consummate networker. Interacting with clients, colleagues and his many investor and business contacts, his expressed purpose is to “put people together to achieve great outcomes” — which happens with impressive regularity.

Recent Speaking Engagements:

• Capital Roundtable Information Services PE Conference, Speaker, "Private Equity Investing in Information Services Companies," New York, NY, April 4, 2013
• Fifth Annual Barrington Research Growth Conference, Panelist, "Trends in the PIPES R/D market and updates on the JOBS Act," Chicago, IL, September 5, 2012
• Capital Roundtable Master Class, Panelist, "Private Equity Investing in Marketing & Digital Services Companies: Finding the Golden Nuggets in Today’s Data-Driven World,” New York, NY, June 23, 2011 
• DealFlow Media PIPEs Conference 2010, Panelist "PIPEs Legal Update: Current Developments and Trends," Las Vegas, NV, Nov 9-10, 2010
• Dealflow Media's Reverse Merger Conference 2010, Panelist "Cross-Border Financing Opportunities:  Tapping Canadian Investors for Capital," Toronto, Canada, June 29, 2010
• West LegalEdCenter Webinar, Topic: "What Private Equity Investors Need to Know About Section 363 Sales," February 11, 2010
• West Legalworks' National Webcast, Topic: "What's the Deal: The M&A Forecast Heading into 2010," September 24, 2009
• "Workshop: Raising Capital in the Current Market, Shelf Registrations - Why Every Issuers Should Have One", Roth Capital Partner's 21st Annual Stock Growth OC Conference, Dana Point, CA, February 16-18, 2009
• DealFlow Media PIPEs Conference 2008, Panelist "Getting Deals Done in a Turbulent Market: Making a Rational Assessment of Risk & Reward," New York, NY, Nov 12-13, 2008
• West Legalworks' National Webcast, Topic: "The Changing M&A Deal Environment," November 6, 2008
• 2008 Merriman Curhan Ford & Co. 5th Annual Investor Summit, Topic: Current Issues In PIPEs and Registered Directs, San Francisco, CA, September 15-16, 2008
• Committee on Securities Regulation, Topic: Emerging Regulatory Trends Facing Institutional Investors in Alternative Capital Market Investments, New York State Bar Association, June 11, 2008
• Derivatives & Structured Products Law Committee, Topic: Primer on PIPEs and Alternative Investments, Business Law Section of the New York State Bar Association, June 4, 2008
• 2008 China Venture Capital & Private Equity Forum, Topic: Financing Alternatives - PIPEs, Shenzhen, China, April 11, 2008
• International PIPEs Conference, Topic: Update on the PIPE Market: New Rules & Recent Pricing Trends, Hong Kong, China, April 8-10th, 2008
• Roth Capital Partner's 20th Annual OC Conference, Topic: Recent Developments in PIPEs and Registered Directs, Dana Point, CA, February 18-21, 2008