About Stephen
Veteran dealmaker Steve Roddenberry advises clients in corporate compliance and governance issues, public and private securities transactions, mergers and acquisitions, and private equity investments. Described as a “masterful strategist” by Chambers USA, he has built longstanding relationships with Huizenga Holdings, the Miami Dolphins, Sheridan Healthcare, and The GEO Group, among others.Steve has served as lead counsel in hundreds of M&A transactions, spin-offs, and restructurings of private and public companies. He has represented buyers, sellers, private equity investors, special committees of boards of directors, as well as other stakeholders in these complex deals.Steve has been ranked as a leading corporate lawyer by Chambers USA in Corporate/M&A and Private Equity law for more than a decade and by The Legal 500 in Middle Market M&A.
Veteran dealmaker Steve Roddenberry advises clients in corporate compliance and governance issues, public and private securities transactions, mergers and acquisitions, and private equity investments. Described as a “masterful strategist” by Chambers USA, he has built longstanding relationships with Huizenga Holdings, the Miami Dolphins, Sheridan Healthcare, and The GEO Group, among others.
Steve has served as lead counsel in hundreds of M&A transactions, spin-offs, and restructurings of private and public companies. He has represented buyers, sellers, private equity investors, special committees of boards of directors, as well as other stakeholders in these complex deals.
Steve has been ranked as a leading corporate lawyer by Chambers USA in Corporate/M&A and Private Equity law for more than a decade and by The Legal 500 in Middle Market M&A.
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Awards & Recognition
- Lawyer of the Year: Mergers and Acquisitions Law, Miami (2025)
- Lawyer of the Year: Corporate Governance Law, Miami (2024)
- Lawyer of the Year: Securities / Capital Markets Law, Miami (2024)
- Lawyer of the Year: Securities / Capital Markets Law, Miami (2022)
- Lawyer of the Year: Private Funds / Hedge Funds Law, Miami (2020)
- Lawyer of the Year: Mergers and Acquisitions Law, Miami (2019)
- Lawyer of the Year: Corporate Law, Miami (2018)
- Lawyer of the Year: Corporate Governance Law, Miami (2017)
- Lawyer of the Year: Leveraged Buyouts and Private Equity Law, Miami (2016)
- Lawyer of the Year: Mergers and Acquisitions Law, Miami (2015)
- Lawyer of the Year: Private Funds / Hedge Funds Law, Miami (2013)
- Lawyer of the Year: Leveraged Buyouts and Private Equity Law, Miami (2012)
- Lawyer of the Year: Private Funds / Hedge Funds Law, Miami (2012)
- Lawyer of the Year: Corporate Law, Miami (2009)
- Recognized: Corporate Governance Law
- Recognized: Corporate Law
- Recognized: International Mergers and Acquisitions
- Recognized: Leveraged Buyouts and Private Equity Law
- Recognized: Mergers and Acquisitions Law
- Recognized: Private Funds / Hedge Funds Law
- Recognized: Securities / Capital Markets Law
- Practice Area: International Trade and Finance Law
- Special Focus: Corporate
- Martindale-Hubbell, AV Rated
- The Legal 500 2015, 2016, Recommended for Mergers, Acquisitions & Buyouts: M&A National Middle Market
- Florida Trend's Legal Elite 2006, 2007, 2009, 2010, Listed for Business Law
- South Florida Legal Guide Top Lawyers 2012, 2014-2015 Listed for Corporate and Business, International
- Super Lawyers Magazine 2006-2016, Listed in Florida for Mergers & Acquisitions, Securities & Corporate Finance, and Entertainment & Sports
- Daily Business Review 2013, Top Dealmaker Finalist for Corporate Finance
- Chambers USA 2003-2016, Ranked in Florida for Corporate/M&A & Private Equity