Steven G. Perelman

Special Counsel

  • Steven G. Perelman
  • Phone: +1 212 471 4794

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  • Duane Morris LLP
    1540 Broadway
    New York, NY 10036-4086
    USA

Steven G. Perelman practices in the area of corporate law with a focus on advising consumer branded companies, life sciences entities and financial institutions in a wide range of transactional and regulatory matters. Mr. Perelman regularly advises multinational clients in a variety of situations including mergers and acquisitions and control transactions, capital-raising transactions and venture investments. He currently serves as a vice chair of the Mergers & Acquisitions Division of the firm's Corporate Practice Group. 

Skilled in negotiation, business planning and sales, Mr. Perelman has strategic management, acquisition integration, business turnaround, investment valuation and leadership experience working in various business positions for major consumer products companies, as well as investment management and advisory firms. He is an experienced board member with a demonstrated history of volunteering on behalf of museums and educational institutions. Mr. Perelman is a former trustee of both the Rhode Island School of Design and the Children’s Museum of the Arts of New York. He is a former Governor of the RISD Museum.

Mr. Perelman is a 1994 graduate of the University of Pennsylvania’s Law School and Wharton School of Business. Mr. Perelman received his bachelor's degree in Public Policy and American Institutions from Brown University in 1990.

Admissions

  • New York

Education

  • University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School, J.D., 1994
  • The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, M.B.A., 1994
  • Brown University, B.A., 1990

Experience

  • Duane Morris LLP
    - Special Counsel, 2021-present
  • Morrison & Foerster LLP
    - Associate, 2019-2021
  • Hughes Hubbard & Reed LLP
    - Associate, 2015-2018
  • Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP
    - Visiting Lawyer, 2014-2015
  • Lawyers Alliance for New York
    - Attorney, 2014
  • Mantiques Modern Gallery
    - Co-owner and Founder, 2004-2014
  • Lipper and Company
    - Research Analyst, Merger Arbitrage, 2001-2002
  • First Sterling Corporation
    - Vice President, Business Development, 2000-2001, 2002-2004
  • Revlon Consumer Products Corporation
    - Senior Vice President, Global Beauty Care, 2000
    - Vice President, Business Planning, 1997-1998
    - Vice President, Fragrance Division, 1995-1997
    - Vice President, Corporate Development, 1994-1995
    - Marketing Manager, Haircolor, 1993-1994
  • Sunbeam Corporation
    - Vice President and General Manager, Health at Home Division, 1998-1999

Selected Publications

Representative Matters

  • Represented an investment fund in connection with its agreement to acquire the assets of an insolvent SaaS platform for healthcare products & services; the assets were transferred through an assignment for the benefit of creditors, a procedure in lieu of bankruptcy proceedings.

  • Represented Catalent, Inc. (NYSE: CTLT), the leading global provider of advanced pharmaceutical delivery technologies, in its $44.5 million purchase of the U.S. manufacturing facility of ERYTECH Pharma, a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company developing innovative therapies by encapsulating therapeutic drug substances inside red blood cells.

  • Represented Addteq, Inc., a leading business solutions provider for enterprise clients, in the sale of its consulting business to Valiantys, a global Atlassian services and consulting firm.

  • Represented a publicly traded scientific services company in its acquisition of the assets of a semiconductor testing business.

  • Represented Four Springs Capital Trust, a private REIT, in connection with Carlyle’s Global Credit platform’s financing up to $300 million in growth capital. 

  • Represented the owners of Security Identification Systems Corporation, a security software and hardware integration company, in its multimillion-dollar sale to Bletchley Holding US, Inc., a portfolio company of ACRE Operating Group, LLC, through a merger with its affiliate. ACRE is a global leader in state-of-the-art security systems.

  • Represented Fidelity Building Services Group's executive management team in the sale of its business to Onex Partners V, the $7.2 billion private equity platform of investment management firm Onex Corporation; Fidelity is a leading provider of integrated technical building solutions for commercial and industrial facilities.

  • Represented Firmenich Inc., one of the world's largest producers of flavors and fragrances, in connection with its minority investment in a strategic target with an option to acquire the remainder of the company.

  • Represented US-based airline in its co-brand and private label credit card agreement negotiations with major US and international banks.

  • Represented a leading airline on securing a multi-billion-dollar loan under the CARES Act.

  • Represented major retail automotive group in its negotiations and agreements with the largest provider of private label alternative financing programs.

  • Represented The Madison Square Garden Company in connection with its $181 million acquisition of a majority stake in nightclub operator Tao Group.

  • Represented Salinas Group in its sale of Iusacell Mobile (Mexico) to AT&T.

  • Represented a client to form a Commodity Pool Operator and Commodity Trading Advisor.

  • Represented a client to form a hedge fund devoted to trading clean cryptocurrencies.

  • Represented an overseas client in the asset purchase agreement in connection with the acquisition purchase of a $300 million collection of art work.

  • Represented lead underwriters in the public offering of $1.3 billion of debt securities of Viacom Inc.

  • Represented Smithfield Group in its acquisition of PurePower Technologies from Navistar International.

  • Represented Fundamental Partners in its acquisition of an undivided interest in a coal power station.

  • Represented a client in the implementation of a Shareholders Rights Plan (Poison Pill).

  • Represented a regional museum in its transfer of assets.

  • Represented two rent stabilized tenants in their successful renegotiation of six figure buyouts.

  • Represented two international artists in their lawsuit against their former gallery owner.