Brian M. Steinhardt is a Partner in the Firm’s Corporate Department. He regularly represents leading private equity sponsors and their portfolio companies in connection with a broad range of corporate finance transactions, including bank and bridge loan financings and acquisition financings. He also advises companies on a range of corporate finance transactions, including oil and gas, project and syndicated bank financings. His clients have included Hellman & Friedman LLC, Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. L.P., Apax Partners LLP, TPG Capital, L.P., Eaton Corporation, Sirius XM Radio Inc. and Weight Watchers International, Inc. In 2008, Brian represented the Federal Reserve Bank of New York on its approximately $30 billion financing arrangement related to JPMorgan’s acquisition of Bear Stearns, and in 2009 he represented the U.S. Treasury Department concerning certain financing arrangements for the Legacy Securities Public-Private Investment Program.

Brian joined the Firm in 1999. He received his B.A., with great distinction, from McGill University in 1994 and his J.D., cum laude, from the University of Michigan Law School in 1998.