Steven is an associate in our Corporate Section. His primary practice areas are commercial real estate, corporate transactions, mergers and acquisitions, and commercial finance.

Over the past year Steven has represented clients in closing the following deals:

• $60 million acquisition of the Pan American Life Building in New Orleans, Louisiana. This transaction was referenced in The Wall Street Journal on December 8, 2010 as its "Deal of the Week".
• Acquisition and financing of four multi-family apartment complexes in Baton Rouge and Lafayette, Louisiana.
• Rouses Markets' acquisition and New Markets Tax Credit financing of the former Sewell Cadillac building on Baronne Street in the Central Business District of New Orleans, which currently serves as the site for a 40,000 square foot grocery store – the largest in the downtown New Orleans area.
• Sale and refinancings of several Marriott-flagged hotels in the greater New Orleans area.
• Acquisition, construction financing, and development of an assisted-care living facility in St. Charles Parish, Louisiana.
• Development of a multi-purpose and mixed-use commercial retail and office facility in excess of 1,000,000 square feet in Covington, Louisiana, including recent outparcel sales for the development of a Sam's Club, a Candlewood Suites Hotel, and a 240-unit, garden-style apartment complex.

SIn addition, Steven has counseled business clients in a variety of transactions, including Rouses Markets' acquisition of all of the A&P and Sav-A-Center grocery stores located in Louisiana and Mississippi; Geoservices S.A.'s acquisition of oil and gas wireline companies in Louisiana and in Brazil; the acquisition and financing (both conventional and public infrastructure bonds) of a commercial retail development in excess of $30 million; the acquisition, development, financing, and sale of commercial office buildings, apartment complexes, hotels, grocery stores, and shopping centers; commercial office leases for several Class A buildings in the New Orleans area; and the acquisition and sale of coal storage and transportation facilities.

He graduated cum laude from the University of Notre Dame with a degree in accounting and is a licensed Certified Public Accountant (inactive). He received his J.D., cum laude, from American University's Washington College of Law in 2005, where he was the Editor-in-Chief of the American University Law Review. He is the co-author of Article 9 Remedies in West's Louisiana Statutes Annotated Code of Civil Procedure.

Steven has been named a "Rising Star" by Super Lawyers 2012. He recently spoke at the National Business Institute's seminar "Helping Your Client Buy or Sell a Small-to-Medium Sized Business." He teaches M&A and real estate skills courses at Loyola University's College of Law. He is currently serving as the Secretary and as a Director of Choice Foundation, which is the governing board for Lafayette Academy Charter School and Esperanza Charter School in New Orleans. He is also the President of the Notre Dame Alumni Club of New Orleans and a member of the Fore!Kids Foundation.