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Steven M. Cooperman

Chair & Co-Managing Partner
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Steven M. Cooperman Chair & Co-Managing Partner

Steven focuses on mergers  and acquisitions, private equity, venture and growth capital, private investment funds, founder and family owned companies and emerging and growth company representation.

Private equity funds and their portfolio companies regularly turn to Steven for strategic guidance on a wide range of transactions, including platform acquisitions and exits, add-ons, and early-stage and growth investments. Family- and founder-owned businesses rely on his deep market knowledge and his practical, collaborative approach in handling their strategic transactions, such as growth equity financings, recaps and exits. Steven is also active in the private investment fund area, representing both financial sponsors and institutions in fund formation matters, primary and secondary investments, and co-investments. Steven also advises early and growth stage companies and investors in venture and growth capital financings and serves as outside general counsel to emerging growth and established operating companies.

Steven initially joined Morrison Cohen in 1997 after having practiced for five years in the Financial Institution M&A group of Skadden. After a year at Morrison Cohen, Steven joined Vantas, Inc., a privately held international office services company and a client of the firm, as General Counsel. Following the sale of Vantas, Steven was hired as SVP of Legal Affairs and Business Development of LiveAdvice, a venture-backed internet company, where he played an instrumental role in negotiating major strategic partnerships and equity financings as well as the sale of the company. Following the sale of LiveAdvice, Steven returned to Morrison Cohen in 2003.

Experience

Private Equity Investments, Mergers & Acquisitions, and Venture Capital

  • North Castle Partners, a consumer-focused private equity firm that partners with entrepreneurs and management teams in the healthy, active and sustainable living sector, in connection with the acquisition of a majority stake in NEST New York, a leading fragrance lifestyle brand.
  • Broad Sky Partners, a sector-focused private equity firm that partners with leading middle market business services and consumer companies, in connection with its investments in Bully Pulpit, a communications and public affairs agency, Smith & Howard, a tax and accounting advisory firm, and Fair Harbor, a sustainable beachwear company.
  • Broad Sky Partners in connection with of its acquisition of Thomas Scientific, a distributor of lab supplies and equipment.
  • AEA Investors in the acquisitions of Balboa Water Group, the leading global supplier of electronic control systems and equipment for the leisure water industry, and Montway, one of the fastest growing vehicle transport brokers in the United States.
  • Snapdragon Capital Partners, an investment firm focused on the intersection of growth consumer categories and digital enablement, in its investments in Khalil Ventures, the largest franchisee of Mathnasium Learning Centers, Nutraceutical International Corporation, a manufacturer and distributor of nutritional supplements and natural products, and Fullscript, a healthcare platform for providers to dispense and manage healthcare's best supplements.
  • North Castle Partners in its acquisition of Atkins Nutritional, a leading weight- management company, and its sale of Atkins to Roark Capital.
  • MidOcean Partners in its acquisition of Global Knowledge Training, an international business to business provider of IT and business training.
  • Prism Business Media, a business-to-business media company owned by Wasserstein & Co., and MidOcean Partners, in its acquisition of publicly held Penton Media.
  • Founders Equity in its acquisition of Advantedge Healthcare Solutions, a medical billing services and practice management company.
  • North Castle Partners in its acquisition of Flatout, a consumer products company specializing in flatbreads and related products.
  • Perseus in its acquisition of Workflow Management, a publicly held document management company.
  • DFJ Gotham in connection with its equity investments in ContextWeb, Searchendise, Single Platform and Widetronix.
  • Welsh Carson Anderson & Stowe in its acquisition of Ruesch Holding, a foreign currency exchange company.

Founder & Family-Owned Businesses 

  • ProFoot, a family-owned provider of footcare products, in the sale of its foot care device division, to Tommie Copper, a private-equity backed leading brand in wearable wellness, compression apparel and comprehensive pain management solutions.
  • Transmit.Live, a market-leading streaming advertising technology platform, in connection with an investment from an investor group led by LionTree, a global merchant bank focused on media and technology, in partnership with existing investor SC Holdings.
  • We Are Rosie, a founder-owned flexible talent marketplace for the advertising and marketing world, in connection with a growth investment from Align Capital Partners.
  • Amplified IT, a founder-owned, education-focused consultancy service and partner with Google for Education and Google Cloud, in its sale to CDW Corporation, a Fortune 500 company and leading multi-brand provider of information technology solutions across the US, UK and Canada.
  • Boll & Branch, the world’s leading designer and retailer of sustainable home goods, in a strategic investment from the Flagship Buyout Fund of L Catterton.
  • Gel Spice, a family-owned New Jersey-based importer and manufacturer of spices, seasonings and bakery ingredients, to Olde Thompson, a California-based provider of private label and branded spices and seasonings and a portfolio company of Kainos Capital, a private equity firm focused on the food and consumer industry.

Private Investment Funds

  • Great Point Partners in connection with its healthcare-focused private equity fund formations.
  • True Beauty Ventures in connection with its beauty and wellness-dedicated venture capital funds.
  • Broad Sky Partners in connection with its fund formation and strategic investment from Capital Constellation.
  • Ascendant Capital Partners in connection with its real estate-focused private equity fund formations.
  • Atlantic Street Capital in its formation of middle market buyout funds.
  • Private equity group of Goldman Sachs in connection with equity co-investments and secondary transactions.
  • JPMorgan Asset Management in connection with private investment fund investments, secondary transactions and equity co-investments.
  • Capital Dynamics in connection with equity co-investments.

Professional Activities

American Bar Association
New York State Bar Association

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Practices

Sectors

Education

  • Boston University, J.D., magna cum laude
  • Cornell University, B.S.

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