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Stephen Weiss

917.797.0015 sweiss@bartonesq.com
Of Counsel

Stephen Weiss

917.797.0015 sweiss@bartonesq.com
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Stephen Weiss is a skilled business transactions lawyer with a practice devoted to mergers and acquisitions (domestic and cross-border), corporate and securities matters, and capital markets financing transactions. He is routinely sought after by clients who rely on his advice and counsel as they expand, acquire or sell their businesses.

Stephen navigates his clients through the entire lifecycle of the capital raising process from seed investment to initial public offerings (IPOs), follow-on offerings, rights offerings, securities exchange listings, private placements (including Rule 144A offerings), and PIPE offerings. He and his team also work to ensure that his clients are in compliance with securities laws, securities exchange rules, and the corporate governance requirements of the U.S. Sarbanes-Oxley Act and Dodd-Frank Act.

Stephen’s clients are in diverse industries such as aviation, technology, including biotech and medical devices, publishing, advertising, manufacturing, and cannabis. He also represents clients in the financial industry, including lending institutions, and major investment banks.

Stephen takes pride in helping his clients to achieve their business goals often does so by introducing them to his long-standing relationships with sources of funding, investment banks and M&A advisory firms.

Prior to joining Barton, Stephen was a partner at Michelman & Robinson, Los Angeles office, where he served as its M&A and Capital Markets Chair.

Practices

Banking and Finance Business Transactions Capital Markets Corporate Formation, Governance, and Compliance Emerging Companies and Venture Capital Financial Services, Investment Funds, and Regulatory Compliance
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Industry Experience

Cannabis Finance Investor Relations Manufacturing and Distribution Media and Publishing Real Estate
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Admissions
  • State of New York
Education
  • New York University School of Law, J.D. and LL.M.
  • New York University, B.S

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Initial Public Offerings

Represented Lehman Brothers, Inc., DH Blair & Co., and Cruttenden Roth LLC (now Roth Capital LLC), in connection with initial public offerings.

Represented Greenwich Air Services Inc. in its $20M IPO and $150M follow-on public offering.

Represented Top Jobs Plc, the UK’s leading online employment portal, in its $20M IPO.

Represented GIT Mortgage Investors, a mortgage REIT, in its IPO and follow-on public offering.

Represented Boxlight Corporation (NASDAQ: BOXL), a leading provider of products and services to the educational industry, in its $7M IPO.

Represented ZBB Energy, Inc. (now EnSync, Inc.), a company specializing in renewable energy, in its $20M IPO.

Represented Hightimes Holding Corp., a cannabis brand, in its ongoing Regulation A+ IPO.

Banking & Finance

Represented and currently represents investment banks and financial institutions, including Paulson Investment Company LLC and Amev Capital Corp, a subsidiary of a Netherlands insurance company based in the U.S.

Represented Fleet National Bank and its affiliate Fleet Credit Corporation in approximately ten separate financing transactions, until the bank was sold to Banc Boston.

Represented Lehman Brothers in an IPO of H-Power, Inc., a fuel cell development and manufacturing company.

Represented Cruttenden Roth, LLC (now Roth Capital) in over seven IPOs.

Represented Burnham Securities, Inc. in financing transactions.

Mergers & Acquisitions

Has acted as lead counsel in over 200 merger and acquisition transactions.

Represented various aviation-related companies in acquisition and sell side transactions, private financings, and joint ventures, including Gulfstream Air, Inc. and Fine Air, Inc., both Miami-based commercial airlines, and FlyHouse Management LLC and subsidiaries, a large provider of chartering and MRO services to private aircraft, including three strategic acquisitions.

Represented Greenwich Air Services, Inc. in connection with the acquisition of Batchelor Air, Inc., and three additional add-on acquisitions, including the $345M purchase by Greenwich Air Services of the jet engine overhaul services business Aviall, Inc., and the $1.2B sale of Greenwich Air Services to General Electric Company.

Represented Cardinal Wireline Services, Inc. in connection with its initial acquisition and three add-on acquisitions until its $110M sale to Superior Energy, Inc. (NYSE).

Represented Wilcour Food Products, Inc. based in Los Angeles and the then-sole manufacturer of roast beef for Arby’s food chain.

Has represented various companies in acquisition transactions, private financings, and joint ventures, including: Pride Media, Inc., a publication dedicated to the LGBT community; DN Partners, LLC, a Chicago-based private equity fund; Scion Capital LLC, an Atlanta-based private merchant bank; NSG Capital LLC, a Connecticut-based private merchant bank and family office; Boxlight Corporation (NASDAQ: BOXL), a leading provider of products and services to the educational industry; and Gleason Corporation and its affiliate Technibilt Inc., one of the largest manufacturers of shopping carts.

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