
Valerie E. Stevens
Practices & Industries
Admissions
- New York
Education
Queen's University, B.A., honors with distinction
University of Toronto, J.D., with honors
New York University, M.P.A.
Valerie advises businesses in financial services and other regulated industries, manufacturing, and other sectors on a variety of corporate matters. She regularly works with all types of businesses in connection with corporate governance, internal reorganizations, and transformative transactions, including acquisitions, mergers, and divestitures.
Valerie’s practice is focused on mergers and acquisitions, guiding clients through all stages of acquisition and divestiture transactions. In addition, she also advises clients on all aspects of their procurement and supply operations, and negotiates a wide variety of commercial agreements, including distribution, purchase, supply, service and license agreements. Further, she regularly works to help clients avoid litigation in key risk areas through negotiated resolutions of commercial disputes, product warranty and other product liability claims.
Valerie also counsels clients on a variety of antitrust and trade regulation matters, including competitor collaborations, distribution arrangements, MAP policies, mergers and acquisitions and associated Hart-Scott-Rodino filings, and corporate compliance.
Honors
- Former associate editor, Wagner Review
- Martin L. Friedland Prize for best student article and Cassels Brock & Blackwell Prize for best article in the issue award, University of Toronto Faculty of Law Review, 2006
- Associate editor, University of Toronto Faculty of Law Review, 2005
Experience
- $750 Million Acquisition of HVAC Company
- Counsel to U.S. industrials business in connection with its sale to EU investors.
- Represented a U.S. Publicly-Traded Financial Institution in the Acquisition of a U.S. Equipment Lending Company
- Represented Founders of a U.S. Consumer Products Business in the Sale of the Company to Sponsor Buyer
- Represented Partner in a U.S. Consumer Products Business in Connection With the Exit of the Equal Partner
- Represented Sponsor-Owned European Portfolio Company in the Acquisition of a U.S. Manufacturing Corporation
- Represented Long-Time Client, Integer Holdings Corporation, in a $600 Million Disposition
- U.S. Counsel to Sponsor-Owned EU Industrials Business in Connection with its Sale to a Non-U.S. Publicly-Traded Buyer
- U.S. counsel to sponsor-owned EU industrials business in connection with its sale to a U.S. publicly-traded buyer.
In the News
- Cadence Bank (Press Release), October 24, 2023
- MarketScreener, September 30, 2022
- Law 360, September 16, 2022
- Yahoo! Finance, September 22, 2020
- April 11, 2007
Press Releases
- Hodgson Russ Press Release, September 12, 2022
- Press Release, January 10, 2017
Publications
- Hodgson Russ Banking & Finance Alert, March 27, 2023
- Hodgson Russ Banking & Finance Alert , March 13, 2023
- Hodgson Russ Antitrust, Trade Regulation & Anticorruption Alert, January 25, 2023
- Hodgson Russ Antitrust, Trade Regulation & Anticorruption Alert, January 28, 2022
- Hodgson Russ Tax-Exempt Organizations Alert, December 15, 2021
- Hodgson Russ Tax-Exempt Organizations Alert, November 10, 2021
- Hodgson Russ Tax-Exempt Organizations Alert, May 14, 2021
- Hodgson Russ Tax-Exempt Organizations Alert, May 13, 2021
- Hodgson Russ COVID-19 Litigation and Employment Action Team Alert, March 25, 2021
- Hodgson Russ COVID-19 Litigation and Employment Action Team Alert, March 11, 2021
- Hodgson Russ COVID-19 Litigation and Employment Action Team Alert, March 10, 2021
- Hodgson Russ COVID-19 Litigation and Employment Action Team Alert, February 8, 2021
- National Association of Surety Bond Producers, February 3, 2021
- Hodgson Russ Antitrust, Trade Regulation & Anticorruption Alert, February 2, 2021
- COVID-19 Litigation and Employment Action Team Alert, January 29, 2021
- Hodgson Russ COVID-19 Litigation & Employment Action Team Alert, January 21, 2021
- Hodgson Russ Corporate & Business Alert, December 30, 2020
- Hodgson Russ Tax-Exempt Organizations Alert, November 2, 2020
- Hodgson Russ Corporate Governance & Compliance Alert, June 30, 2020
- Hodgson Russ Banking & Finance Alert, June 4, 2020
- Hodgson Russ Banking & Finance Alert, May 26, 2020
- Hodgson Russ Banking & Finance Alert, May 18, 2020
- Hodgson Russ Banking & Finance Alert, May 13, 2020
- Hodgson Russ Banking & Finance Alert, April 24, 2020
- Hodgson Russ Banking & Finance Alert, April 24, 2020
- Hodgson Russ Tax-Exempt Organizations Alert, April 16, 2020
- Hodgson Russ Banking & Finance Alert, April 10, 2020
- Hodgson Russ Banking & Finance Alert, April 8, 2020
- Hodgson Russ Tax-Exempt Organizations Alert , April 3, 2020
- Hodgson Russ Banking & Finance Alert, March 30, 2020
- Hodgson Russ Tax-Exempt Organizations Alert, March 30, 2020
- Hodgson Russ Banking & Finance Alert, March 30, 2020
- Hodgson Russ Corporate Alert, March 23, 2020
- Hodgson Russ Tax-Exempt Organizations Alert, February 13, 2020
- Hodgson Russ Corporate & Securities Alert, February 4, 2020
- Does My US Corporation Need US Employees?Nordic Innovation House, New York Publications, February 2020
- Why Form a Corporation Instead of an LLC?Nordic Innovation House, New York Publications, February 2020
- Why Delaware?Nordic Innovation House, New York Publications , February 2020
- How Do I Open a US Bank Account?Nordic Innovation House, New York Publications, February 2020
- Hodgson Russ Antitrust,Trade Regulation & Anticorruption Alert, January 21, 2020
- Hodgson Russ Antitrust, Trade Regulation & Anticorruption Alert, July 16, 2019
- Hodgson Russ Tax-Exempt Organizations Alert, June 19, 2019
- Corporate and Securities Alert, February 21, 2019
- Corporate & Business Law Alert, February 2, 2018
- Corporate & Business Law Alert, October 3, 2017
- Corporate & Business Law Alert, February 14, 2017
- Tax-Exempt Organizations Alert, December 1, 2016
- Tax-Exempt Organizations Alert, July 28, 2016
- Corporate & Business Law Alert, January 22, 2016
- Tax-Exempt Organizations Alert, December 15, 2015
- JD Supra, February 24, 2014
- The Political Economy of Anti-Dumping in Canada: Section 45 of the Special Import Measures ActUniversity of Toronto Faculty of Law Review, 2006
Presentations & Events
- 605 Third Avenue, New York, New York, June 21 - August 2, 2023
- January 28, 2022
- December 9, 2020
- June 16, 2020
- February 27, 2020
- November 19, 2019
- Webinar: U.S. Corporate Entity Options and the Corresponding Tax Implications for European CompaniesJanuary 24, 2019
- New York, New York, November 15, 2018
- 605 Third Avenue, Suite 2300, New York, NY 10158, May 23, 2018
- July 26, 2017
- Avoiding (and Surviving!) Contract Disputes – Common Pitfalls of Contract Drafting That Land You in CourtFebruary 2016