Law firm Proskauer has appointed private equity/buyouts lawyer Steven M Peck to the firm’s corporate department and private equity and mergers and acquisitions groups.
Peck’s diverse transactional experience includes representing private equity sponsors, multi-national corporations, and other market participants in their most challenging transactional matters in the US and throughout the world. He also advises clients regarding securities law issues, disclosure and compliance matters, and corporate governance.
“Steve is an accomplished transactional lawyer who is highly regarded by both clients and colleagues in the private equity industry,” says Proskauer chairman Joseph M Leccese. “He is an important addition to our international corporate platform, which we are continually expanding to support the business needs of our sophisticated client base.”
Resident in the firm’s Boston office, Peck is ranked as a leading lawyer for private equity/buyouts by Chambers USA. He has been featured as a panellist at the Federal Securities Institute in Miami, Florida and as a guest lecturer on corporate and private equity law at Harvard Business School and the MIT Sloan School of Management. He earned his JD from Boston University Law School and is a graduate of Duke University. He was previously a partner at Weil.
Proskauer provides a full range of services to the private equity industry, including fund structuring, institutional investments, executive compensation, tax, exits including leveraged buyouts and IPOs, distressed investments and dispute resolution.
