About Stewart
Stewart Pressman is a partner practicing in the corporate department and concentrating in the areas of mergers and acquisitions, venture capital transactions, private equity fund organization, securities law, and general corporate and business organization matters.His practice in the mergers and acquisitions area is focused oncomplex transactions representing both purchasers and sellers in a wide range of publicly and privately held company acquisitions and divestitures, as well as takeover transactions. Stewart’s practice in the venture capital arena involves representation of venture capital fund organizers, venture capital fund investors, and emerging growth companies, counseling such start-up clients in all aspects of formation and organization, debt and equity financing, including private placements and public offerings of securities, and strategies for ultimate exit transactions.Stewart is currently named as one of America’s Leading Lawyers for Business by Chambers USA in the area of corporate law, and has also been selected by The Best Lawyers in America® and Honolulu Magazine in the areas of Mergers & Acquisitions Law and Corporate Law. He has been named by The Best Lawyers in America® as Honolulu Mergers & Acquisitions Law Lawyer of the Year in 2012 and 2018.
Stewart Pressman is a partner practicing in the corporate department and concentrating in the areas of mergers and acquisitions, venture capital transactions, private equity fund organization, securities law, and general corporate and business organization matters.
His practice in the mergers and acquisitions area is focused oncomplex transactions representing both purchasers and sellers in a wide range of publicly and privately held company acquisitions and divestitures, as well as takeover transactions. Stewart’s practice in the venture capital arena involves representation of venture capital fund organizers, venture capital fund investors, and emerging growth companies, counseling such start-up clients in all aspects of formation and organization, debt and equity financing, including private placements and public offerings of securities, and strategies for ultimate exit transactions.
Stewart is currently named as one of America’s Leading Lawyers for Business by Chambers USA in the area of corporate law, and has also been selected by The Best Lawyers in America® and Honolulu Magazine in the areas of Mergers & Acquisitions Law and Corporate Law. He has been named by The Best Lawyers in America® as Honolulu Mergers & Acquisitions Law Lawyer of the Year in 2012 and 2018.
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Professional Affiliations
Awards & Recognition
- Lawyer of the Year: Closely Held Companies and Family Businesses Law, Honolulu (2026)
- Lawyer of the Year: Corporate Law, Honolulu (2023)
- Lawyer of the Year: Mergers and Acquisitions Law, Honolulu (2023)
- Lawyer of the Year: Securities / Capital Markets Law, Honolulu (2023)
- Lawyer of the Year: Closely Held Companies and Family Businesses Law, Honolulu (2021)
- Lawyer of the Year: Mergers and Acquisitions Law, Honolulu (2018)
- Lawyer of the Year: Mergers and Acquisitions Law, Honolulu (2012)
- Recognized: Closely Held Companies and Family Businesses Law
- Recognized: Corporate Law
- Recognized: Mergers and Acquisitions Law
- Recognized: Securities / Capital Markets Law
- Recognized: Venture Capital Law
- Practice Area: Copyright Law
- Practice Area: Litigation - Intellectual Property
- Practice Area: Litigation - Patent
- Practice Area: Patent Law
- Practice Area: Technology Law
- Practice Area: Trademark Law
- Special Focus: Mergers & Acquisitions