Steven R. Barth is a partner and business lawyer with Foley & Lardner LLP where he is co-chair of the firm’s national Transactional & Securities Practice and a member of the firm's Management Committee. Mr. Barth practices in the areas of mergers, acquisitions, leveraged recapitalizations and buyouts; venture capital and private equity fund formation and portfolio company investment; public and private offerings of equity and debt securities; public corporation securities laws and reporting compliance; corporate governance; and the organization, development and financing of startup and development stage corporations. Mr. Barth also has extensive experience in counseling mid-market and closely held firms, including many family businesses. He has helped many mid-sized companies adopt and implement their strategic plans and transition ownership and management to the next family generation, to employees and to strategic or financial buyers. Mr. Barth is a member of the Food & Beverage, Manufacturing, and Health Care Industry Teams.