Steve Tyndall
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Steve Tyndall

Partner

Email

steve.tyndall@aoshearman.com

Offices

Austin

V-CARD
Steve has over 27 years of experience in corporate and securities law.
He advises emerging and established companies at every step of their evolution, counseling on a broad range of corporate and transactional matters including venture financings, public and private offerings of equity and debt securities, mergers and acquisitions, and joint ventures. 

Steve also provides corporate governance guidance to his clients, including in connection with the preparation of periodic reports under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 with respect to publicly held companies. 

While Steve advises across a wide range of industries, he offers particular experience in the technology, medical device, life sciences, and energy spaces.

Expertise

Industries

Experience

Representative matters

  • Public and private companies, private equity and venture funds, and board committees in mergers, acquisitions, joint ventures, and other strategic transactions.
  • Issuers and investment banks in public offerings of equity and debt transactions with an aggregate transaction value in excess of USD3bn (previous firm experience).
  • Issuers and investors in private placements with an aggregate transaction value in excess of USD500m (previous firm experience).
  • Builder Homesite, Inc. in its sale to Zonda, the leading provider of data-driven housing market solutions for the homebuilding industry (previous firm experience).
  • Snow Software, a technology-intelligence platform, on its acquisition by Flexera Software, a data-oriented SaaS solution company (previous firm experience).
  • Upland Software (Nasdaq: UPLD), a leading provider of cloud-based Enterprise Work Management software, in connection with its USD115m strategic equity investment from HGGC, a private equity firm with over USD6.8bn of capital commitments. (previous firm experience).

Speaking Engagements

  • “Shifting Sands or Quicksand? Negotiating Antitrust Risk in Today’s Climate,” - UT Law CLE 19th Annual Mergers and Acquisitions Institute, Dallas, TX., – October, 2023
  • “Life as a Public Company: A Changing Environment,” Austin, TX., – December, 2022

Awards

  • Texas Technology: Corporate & Commercial, Chambers USA, 2020–2026
  • M&A / Corporate and Commercial: M&A: Large Deals ($1BN+), Legal 500 US, 2023 

Qualifications

Admissions

Texas, 1998

Academic

J.D., University of Tulsa, with highest honor 1998 

B.A., History, Southern Methodist University, 1992 

Disclaimer
A&O Shearman was formed on May 1, 2024 by the combination of Shearman & Sterling LLP and Allen & Overy LLP and their respective affiliates (the legacy firms). Any matters referred to above may include matters undertaken by one or more of the legacy firms rather than A&O Shearman.