Jennifer Steiger Senior Attorney

Jennifer Steiger graduated from the University of Texas School of Law in Austin, Texas. While in law school, Jennifer concurrently completed a M.B.A. at the University of Texas, McCombs School of Business. She also served as the Co-Editor in Chief of the Texas Journal of Women & the Law. Prior to law school, Jennifer graduated from Stanford University in Palo Alto, California with an A.B. in Political Science. Prior to law school, Jennifer worked as a paralegal at Irell & Manella LLP in Newport Beach, California.

Prior to joining Vela Wood, Jennifer worked as an associate at Katten, DLA Piper and Morrison & Foerster. She has also worked in-house as counsel to the investment management division of the Teacher Retirement System of Texas. Jennifer’s prior experience focused on representing private equity sponsors, independent sponsors and family offices in private mergers, acquisitions, dispositions, and equity and debt financings. She has significant cross-border experience and worked in Tokyo for two years.

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*Some transactions reflect Jennifer’s work at prior firms.

• Represented sellers in the $230M sale of an IT services company to a private equity fund*
• Represented an independent sponsor in its $31M acquisition of a marketing and communications agency*
• Represented a private equity fund in its acquisition of fifteen fast food restaurants*
• Represented private equity funds in the purchase and sale of portfolio companies priced between $36M and $425M across a variety of industries, including commercial landscaping services and home health services*
• Represented private equity-backed portfolio companies in more than twenty add-on acquisitions priced between $6M and $70M across a variety of industries, including software services, forensic engineering services, commercial landscaping services and disaster recovery and restoration services*
• Represented a technology company in its Series A, Series B, and Series C preferred equity financings*
• Represented venture capital funds and family offices in preferred equity investments in several medical services companies and technology companies*
• Represented a Japanese trading company in its Series D investment in a clean energy company*
• Represented an institutional investor in its GP stakes investment in an infrastructure and energy GP*