Steven Gersh

Background

About Steven Gersh

Steve is primarily a corporate transactional lawyer, advising and assisting middle market and development stage companies in structuring and executing acquisitions and divestitures, joint ventures and strategic alliances, private equity and debt financings (as both issuer and investor counsel), technology licensing and transfers, employment matters and compensation issues and leasing transactions. As a result, his practice typically involves providing general legal, business and strategic counseling for clients across a broad spectrum of industries and matters.Steve’s clients include internet content providers, direct to consumer marketing companies, manufacturers, craft breweries, equipment lessors, service providers, venture capital investors and entrepreneurs. He often advises start-up founders and investors on entity formation and structure, corporate governance, management and financing. In recent years, Steve has counseled several start-up companies that are at the forefront of the “new media” revolution on issues concerning organizational matters, financing and intellectual property protection and exploitation.Steve attended Binghamton University where he received his B.A. degree with High Honors in Economics in 1978 and Boston University School of Law where he received his J.D. degree in 1981 and was a member of the Boston University Law Review. Upon graduating from law school, Steve worked as a corporate associate at Breed Abbott & Morgan (1981-1985) and Berlack Israels & Liberman (1985-1989). In 1989, Steve was a founding partner of Kreinik Aaron & Gersh where he led the corporate department for 14 years before joining Berkowitz, Trager & Trager as a Member in 2004.