Steven Pidgeon concentrates his practice on securities offerings, mergers and acquisitions, recapitalizations, and private equity and venture capital investments. His corporate clients operate in a wide variety of industries, including technology, sports and entertainment, financial services, health care, manufacturing, transportation, homebuilding, and consumer goods. Mr. Pidgeon also represents underwriters, private equity firms, venture capital firms, and financial intermediaries in their underwriting, investment, and advisory activities.

Professional Recognition and Awards

• Best Lawyers in America: Phoenix Corporate Governance and Compliance Lawyer of the Year, 2011, 2012
• Chambers USA: America's Leading Lawyers for Business (for Corporate/M&A) - Chambers notes that he is "widely recommended by clients" and quotes clients stating, "He's extremely experienced in securities and also has a strong business perspective"
• The Legal 500
• Southwest Super Lawyer 2012 - Mergers and Acquisitions, Law & Politics magazine
• Best of Arizona Business 2010, Ranking Arizona Magazine
• "Top Lawyers List," AZ Business magazine
• Millennium Edition, Who's Who In American Law
• National Registry of Who's Who

Representative Clients

• Credit Suisse
• Grand Canyon Education, Inc.
• Heckmann Corporation
• Hypercom Corporation
• iGo, Inc.
• Isola Group Ltd.
• JDA Software Group, Inc.
• Meritage Homes Corporation
• Multi-Fineline Electronix, Inc.
• ON Semiconductor Corporation
• Phoenix Suns
• Roth Capital Partners LLC
• Western Alliance Bancorporation

Representative Transactions

Over $30 billion in transactions, including:

Securities Offerings

In the past 3 years, over a dozen public offerings including:

• As issuer's counsel,
  • $125 million of debt and equity by Western Alliance Bancorporation
  • $200 million offering of 7-year notes by DriveTime, the largest automobile dealer in the US catering to sub prime customers, and
  • $200 million offering of notes by JDA Software Group, and

• As underwriter's counsel for Roth Capital, Oppenheimer and others,
  • $600+ million in equity offerings, for such companies as IMAX Corporation and DG Fast Channel, as well as
  • Cross border securities offerings for such China-based companies as Harbin Electric and Yongye

• Other transactions include:
  • IPO of Grand Canyon Education in 2008, which broke the longest IPO drought in over 30 years in the US

Mergers and Acquisitions

Recent transactions include:

• Merger of Hypercom Corporation into VeriFone for $534 million
• Purchase of i2 Technologies by JDA Software for stock and cash, valued at $600 million
• Purchase of AMI Holdings by ON Semiconductor for close to $1 billion

Other transactions include:

• $7.5 billion sale of a public semiconductor company

Selected Other Matters

• Credit facilities and loan securitizations
• Special Committee representations in connection with going private and related party repurchase transactions
• Private equity and venture capital financings and recapitalizations
• Implementation of anti-takeover defenses for Maryland and Delaware corporations
• Corporate governance advice