Steve Quinlivan practices primarily in the areas of mergers and acquisitions, sports law, securities and international transactions. His mergers and acquisitions experience includes numerous cross-border transactions, assets purchases, public and private mergers, and tender offers. His securities experience includes all types of offerings, including private placements, initial public offerings, high-yield offerings, investment grade debt, securitizations and international offerings by foreign private issuers.

Steve also has significant experience counseling boards of directors in corporate governance and liability related issues. Steve’s experience includes working with litigation teams defending officers and directors related to corporate matters, advising boards on compliance with fiduciary duties and evaluating and reducing related risk, audit committee advisory assignments and compensation matters.

Steve joined Leonard, Street and Deinard in 1997 after seven years of corporate transactional practice in the New York, London and Hong Kong offices of Cravath, Swaine & Moore. He also has five years of experience as a certified public accountant with Peat Marwick/KPMG Main Hurdman and previously worked as an audit manager.

Professional and Civic Activities

• Member, American Institute of Certified Public Accountants
• Member, American Bar Association
• Member, Minnesota State Bar Association
  

Education

• J.D., University of Utah College of Law, 1990
       Order of the Coif
• B.S., University of Utah, Accounting and Finance, 1982
  

Admissions

• State of Minnesota, 1991
• State of Colorado, 1991
• State of New York, 1991
• District of Columbia, 1991