
Overview
Steve Camahort is Chair of the Global Mergers & Acquisitions practice and a partner in the Private Equity practice. He is also the Office Chair of the firm’s San Francisco office. Steve has extensive experience in M&A and related corporate governance issues. He has worked for corporate clients, private equity funds, and financial advisors in negotiated and hostile transactions, with a particular emphasis on the technology and life science sectors. In the 2020 edition of Chambers Global, one source described him as “a solution finder and very knowledgeable on this issues” and another client praised him for his “excellent judgment in applying the law to specific situations.”
Recognitions
- IFLR1000, Notable Practitioner (2023)
- The Legal 500 USA, M&A: Large Deals $1Bn+ (2022-2023)
- The Legal 500 USA, Private Equity Buyouts (2023)
- Chambers Global USA Corporate/M&A (2023)
- Chambers Global USA Corporate/M&A, International & Cross-Border (2022)
- Steve has been cited in numerous guides to leading M&A practitioners, such as Chambers Global Guide to The World’s Leading Lawyers, the Best Lawyers in America (including as 2018 and 2014 Lawyer of the Year (M&A - San Francisco)), the Chambers USA Guide to America’s Leading Business Lawyers, Northern California Super Lawyers magazine, The International Who’s Who of Mergers & Acquisition Lawyers, The Legal Media Group Guide to the World’s Leading M&A Lawyers, the PLC Cross-Border Mergers and Acquisitions Handbook, and Who’s Who Legal – California
Education
- University of California, Berkeley School of Law, J.D., 1989
- Cornell University, M.S. Physics, 1986
- University of California, Santa Barbara, B.S. Physics (with high honors), 1983
Representations
Corporate Clients
- AdTheorent and FiscalNote in deSPAC transactions
- DeepMind Technologies in its sale to Google
- Ericsson in numerous transactions including its proposed acquisition of CradlePoint
- Integrated DNA Technologies in its sale to Danaher
- Keysight Technologies in numerous transactions including its acquisitions of Eggplant Software, a portfolio company of The Carlyle Group, and Sanjole.
- LXP Industrial Trust in its successful defense against a proxy fight and unsolicited acquisition proposal by Land & Buildings Investment Management
- Masimo in its acquisition of Sound United, a portfolio company of Charlesbank
- Mitek Systems in connection with a public unsolicited proposal from ASG Technologies Group, a portfolio company of Elliot Management, and associated shareholder activism by Elliott
- Salesforce.com in numerous transactions, including its acquisition of Demandware and its proposed acquisition of LinkedIn
- Sirna Therapeutics in its sale to Merck
- Trend Micro in its acquisitions of HP’s Tipping Point business and Cloud Conformity
- US Well Services (special committee) in its proposed sale to ProFrac Holding
- Vicuron Pharmaceuticals in its sale to Pfizer
- Vontier in connection with its investment in Tritium Holdings and Tritium’s deSPAC transaction with Decarbonization Plus Acquisiton Corp II
Private Equity Clients
- STG Partners in numerous transactions including acquisitions of Avid Technology, McAfee’s Enterprise business, FireEye’s Product business and MSC Software; and dispositions of First Advantage to Silver Lake, Capco to FIS, MSC to Hexagon AB and Symphony Teleca to Harman International.
- Vector Capital in numerous transactions including acquisitions of Aspect Software, Saba Software, RAE Systems and ChyronHego; and dispositions of Saba Software to Cornerstone OnDemand, Teletrac to Danaher and RAE Systems to Honeywell.
- Francisco Partners in numerous transactions including take-privates of LogMeIn and FrontRange Limited.
Investment Banking Clients
- Goldman Sachs, Qatalyst Partners and other leading investment banks in numerous transactions including Qualcomm’s successful defense against the Broadcom’s hostile takeover proposal and proxy fight, Salesforce/Slack and HP in its successful defense against Xerox’s hostile acquisition proposal.
news
- Paul Hastings Advises STG in $1.4 Billion Take-Private of Avid Technology - August 9th, 2023
- Paul Hastings Advises Francisco Partners and TPG in $6.5 Billion Take-Private of New Relic - July 31st, 2023
- Paul Hastings Advised STG Partners in Acquisition of Wrike - July 12th, 2023
- Paul Hastings Advises Quotient Technology, Inc. in $430 Million Business Combination with Neptune Retail Solutions - June 22nd, 2023
- Paul Hastings Advises Quotient Technology on Board Changes - June 7th, 2023
- Paul Hastings Advised Symphony Technology Group in $1.5 Billion Acquisition of Momentive Global - June 2nd, 2023
- Paul Hastings Advises SAI360 in Evotix Acquisition - May 5th, 2023
- Paul Hastings Advises Symphony Technology Group in $1.5 Billion Acquisition of Momentive Global - March 14th, 2023
- FiscalNote Completes $1.3 Billion Business Combination and Becomes a Publicly Traded Company - July 29th, 2022
- U.S. Well Services To Be Acquired by ProFrac Holding Corp. - June 22nd, 2022
- Paul Hastings Recognized by Chambers Global 2022 - February 21st, 2022
- AdTheorent Completes Business Combination with MCAP Acquisition Corporation and Begins Trading on NASDAQ - December 22nd, 2021
- FiscalNote to Go Public in $1.3 Billion Business Combination with Duddell Street Acquisition Corp. - November 8th, 2021
- AdTheorent To Go Public in a Business Combination with MCAP Acquisition Corp. - July 27th, 2021
- Taboola Acquires Connexity from Symphony Technology Group - July 23rd, 2021
- QAD to be Acquired by Thoma Bravo for $2 Billion - June 28th, 2021
- QTS Realty Trust to be Acquired by Blackstone Funds for $10 Billion - June 7th, 2021
- Symphony Technology Group to Acquire FireEye Products Business for $1.2 Billion - June 2nd, 2021
- Paul Hastings Ranked as Top Three Firm for New Rankings and Recognized for Numerous Practice Strength and Growth in Chambers USA 2021 - May 21st, 2021
- Aspect Software and Noble Systems to Merge in $1 Billion Deal - May 10th, 2021
Recognitions
- Paul Hastings Corporate Practices Recognized by Chambers USA 2022 - June 1st, 2022
- Paul Hastings Recognized by Chambers Global 2022 - February 21st, 2022
- Recognized by Chambers USA 2021 - May 21st, 2021
- Recognized by Chambers USA 2020 - May 1st, 2020
- Ranked by Chambers USA 2019 - April 26th, 2019
- Recognized by Chambers Global 2019 - February 14th, 2019
- Recognized by Chambers USA 2018 - May 15th, 2018
- Best Lawyers in America - 2018 Lawyer of the Year (M&A - San Francisco) - August 1st, 2017
- Recognized by Chambers USA 2017 - June 5th, 2017
- Best Lawyers in America - 2014 Lawyer of the Year (M&A - San Francisco) - August 1st, 2013
insights
- Delaware Law Developments in 2020, and Looking Forward to 2021 - January 27th, 2021
- Delaware Court of Chancery Concludes Response to COVID-19 Pandemic Breached Ordinary Course Covenant - December 15th, 2020
- Delaware Court Finds “Material Adverse Change” Permitted Merger Termination - October 3rd, 2018