From startups to Fortune 500s, Steve's client roster spans across the business spectrum. Steve blends legal acumen with commercial insight, ensuring each deal supports the big picture of his client’s commercial vision. He's particularly adept at negotiating and closing software licensing agreements, ironing out cloud service contracts, and sealing digital content distribution arrangements.
Steve also assists utilities in corporate transactions ranging from the divesture of thermal assets to the acquisition of significant generating capacity. He has represented utilities, developers, and tax equity participants in utility-scale wind and solar transactions.
Stretching beyond the tech sphere, Steve frequently tackles intricate financing puzzles and advises utilities on their most important transactions. Whether it's structuring a major securitization or brokering a power plant sale, Steve's versatility shines even in the face of serious roadblocks to progress. This broad skill set, paired with his keen eye for negotiation, makes him the lawyer of choice for businesses charting a course through today's ever-shifting commercial waters.
Professional and Community Involvement
Former chair and director, TechPoint
Former secretary, Greater Indianapolis Foreign Trade Zone, Inc.
Honors
The Best Lawyers in America, 2003-2025; Lawyer of the Year, 2015 and 2017
Indiana Super Lawyers, 2004-2017