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Steven Goldberg is a partner residing in BakerHostetler’s New York office and is Co-Chairman of the firm’s Transactions Practice Team. He practices primarily in mergers and acquisitions, private equity, joint ventures, and strategic investments. For more than 20 years, he has represented both publicly traded and privately held companies on transactional matters in a number of industries.

He has represented both U.S. companies investing abroad as well as non-U.S. companies investing in the U.S. He has also been involved in transactions involving only international companies. His experience includes M&A matters for clients globally including in the European Union, Canada, and Asia (including India).

Mr. Goldberg is experienced in corporate governance and securities matters. He also has provided advice on commercial lending transactions and
the equity and debt restructurings of public and private companies.

He regularly represents private equity funds and bank holding companies in connection with their investments in various portfolio companies. He also regularly advises both publicly traded and privately held companies in connection with their global investment and divestment programs.

Mr. Goldberg has advised various boards of directors on issues relating to fiduciary duties and lock-up arrangements and the role of special committees in affiliate, management and other perceived conflict transactions (including going private transactions). He regularly advises boards, special committees and financial advisors on the delivery of appropriate fairness opinions.

He serves as a member of the Advisory Committee to WITNESS, Inc., a nonprofit corporation initially conceived in partnership among the Lawyers Committee for Human Rights, Peter Gabriel, and the Reebok Foundation. WITNESS provides video equipment and training to its international partner organizations for the documentation of human rights abuses, utilizing public advocacy as a deterrent to rights violations.

Mr. Goldberg frequently writes on corporate topics and has been cited in various professional periodicals. He has been continually recognized individually and for his practice in The Legal 500. In 2012, The Legal 500 named him a "Top 10 Leading Lawyer" in the <$500 million category. He was also named a "Super Lawyer" in the New York metropolitan region.