Bio

Corporate finance attorney R. Bruce Steinert, Jr. advises and represents a range of clients on debt financing and other related matters. Bruce works with private equity (PE) sponsors, debt investment funds, publicly traded companies, and privately held ventures. He also advises founder and PE portfolio companies on acquisition facilities, refinancing facilities, recapitalizations, distressed and workout facilities, bond issuance, and second-lien lender and junior debt financings, both domestic and multi-jurisdictional, in a wide array of industry sectors such as retail, wholesale, manufacturing, software, IT, business services, consulting, brokerage, apparel, healthcare, insurance, agriculture, chemicals, medical supplies, and pharmaceuticals. Recent client representations for Bruce include 11:11 Systems, Inc., Accel-KKR, Aquiline Capital Partners, Active Owners Fund, Alpine Investors, AMMEX Corporation, Animal Supply Company, Bertram Capital, Blue Point Capital Partners, Bowlero Corporation, City Capital Ventures, Copley Equity Partners, Endeavour Capital, Excellere Partners, Gallant Capital Partners, Mid Oaks Investments, Pike Street Capital, Rainier Capital Partners, Rubicon Technology Partners, SMTC Corporation, Summit Trail Advisors, The Gores Group, The Midway Companies, Toyota Financial Savings Bank, Transom Capital Group, Varsity Healthcare Partners and Wynnchurch Capital. Bruce is known for his commercial and practical approach within the PE and debt financing deal landscape. He was a deal team member on several merger and acquisition (M&A) financings that received industry recognition, including “Private Equity Turnaround of the Year – Middle Markets” from Global M&A Network and “Chapter 11 Reorganization of the Year (Under $500MM),” “Retail Manufacturing and Distribution Deal of the Year,” and “M&A Deal of the Year (Over $1 Billion to $5 Billion)” from The M&A Advisor.