Steve Przesmicki

Steven M. Przesmicki specializes in corporate and securities law, and regularly acts as outside corporate counsel to public and private companies. Steve represent clients on SEC and corporate governance matters, public financings, mergers and acquisitions, IPOs, and venture capital and other private financings. He has represented issuers and underwriters in offerings involving well over $2 billion of securities, and advised clients on M&A transactions ranging in value from under $10 million to up to several billion dollars. Steve has also represented clients in a number of other complex transactions such as debt redemptions, joint ventures, option-exchange tender offers and strategic commercial transactions.

Steve represents clients across multiple industries, including analytics, gaming technology, consumer software, diagnostics, enterprise software, ecommerce, life sciences, medical devices and semiconductor equipment manufacturing. These companies range from start-ups to public companies with over $500 million in annual revenues.

Steve previously led the internal legal department of a public technology company, where he managed seven attorneys. There he was responsible for all of the company's legal affairs, including general corporate governance, SEC and Nasdaq matters, securities/financing transactions, strategic investments, commercial transactions, joint ventures, international operations, real estate and facilities matters, patent and trademark prosecution, mergers and acquisitions, human resources, contests and sweepstakes, and litigation matters. His role also involved active support of the company's accounting, finance, tax, banking, insurance, investor relations, lobbying and business development activities.

Steve has been recognized by The Best Lawyers in America. He was also recognized in the 2013 edition of San Diego Super Lawyers, and the 2014-2016, 2018-2019 editions of Southern California Super Lawyers.

Steve received his law degree, cum laude, from the University of Wisconsin Law School, where he was elected to the Order of the Coif and served as an associate editor of the Wisconsin Law Review. He received a Bachelor's degree in Political Science from the University of Wisconsin, Madison.

Prior to attending law school, Steve served as an officer in the United States Navy.

Steve joined the Firm in 1995 and is resident in the San Diego office.