Dormer Stephen handles venture capital and private equity and debt transactions, mergers and acquisitions and general corporate matters. His practice involves the representation of Fortune 500 companies, private equity funds, emerging growth companies and investment banks in structuring, negotiating and documenting seed through later stage equity and debt investments, mezzanine financings, syndicated credit facilities, mergers and acquisitions, buyouts, rollup strategies, joint ventures, intellectual property transactions, work-outs and financial restructurings and general corporate matters. Constituent companies are in a broad range of industries including financial services, insurance, life sciences, media, software and telecommunications. He also represents public and private clients in an “outside general counsel” capacity. Roles include counseling on strategic initiatives (such as joint ventures, joint development projects and intellectual property licensing and collaboration), commercial contract matters (such as distribution and supply agreements, license agreements and employment agreements) and other general corporate matters (such as employment and severance matters, equity incentive plans, corporate governance, real estate matters and insurance matters).
Acquisition of Video Streaming Company
Represented EchoStar Corporation in connection with its acquisition of Move Networks, an adaptive video streaming company.
Financing, Restructuring and Sale of Bioscience Company
Represented Canaan Partners in connection with the financing and restructuring of Advanced BioHealing, a company that has commercialized living cell and regenerative medicine therapies, and its sale of Advanced BioHealing to Shire.