A practical practice for your sophisticated legal and business needs
Over twenty-five years of broad corporate experience.
Our Practice Areas
Mergers and Acquisitions
Business Contracts
General Corporate Representation
About
Steven Wayland has over twenty-five years of broad corporate experience, negotiating mergers and acquisitions, equity investments, licensing and other commercial agreements, joint ventures and equityholder arrangements as well as providing general corporate counseling. His experience includes working at a top tier Wall Street law firm in Manhattan, serving as in-house counsel to a Latin American telecommunications company and practicing for over ten years at a highly regarded boutique in Chicago where he was instrumental in driving strong growth in the corporate department and firm overall.
He received his law degree, cum laude, from Harvard Law School in 1997 and is a 1993 graduate of Oklahoma State University, with honors. He also received a master’s degree in Politics of the World Economy from the London School of Economics and Political Science in 1994.
Education
Harvard Law School, J.D., cum laude, 1997
London School of Economics and Political Science, M.Sc., 1994
Oklahoma State University, B.A., Political Science, B.S., Economics, with honors, 1993
Bar Admissions
Illinois
New York
Business Acquisitions
& Dispositions
Acquisitions and dispositions of multiple health care businesses, for leading medical device and pharmaceutical companies, including the negotiation of complex gobal transitional arrangements.
Experience on buyer-and seller-sides in contested auctions, including leveraged buyouts by private equity firms, and negotiating equityholder and co-investor arrangements across multiple transactions.
Multiple other acquisitions and dispositions, across industries, for strategic and financial buyers.
Equity Investments, Joint Ventures & Equityholder Arrangements
Equity arrangements for various private equity firms in connection with consortium acquisitions, including equityholders agreements, registration rights agreements, consulting and indemnification agreements and related agreements
Multiple early, growth and late stage venture capital financing investments, including representing educational services company in first-stage venture financing investment and pharmaceutical company in later-stage venture financing investments in start-up biotechnology companies.
Commercial Agreements & Company Counseling
Negotiation of dozens of commercial agreements, including transition services agreements, manufacturing agreements, research and development agreements, in-and out-license agreements and related agreements for pharmaceutical and medical device companies.
Counseling companies, including apparel company, health care businesses, media and entertainment company and others, on various corporate and commercial matters.
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Contact
Email: swayland@crtclegal.com
Phone: 773-315-2704