Stephen A. Byeff
Lawyers

Advises U.S. and non-U.S. corporate and financial institution clients across a broad range of capital markets and corporate transactions.
Stephen advises U.S. and non-U.S. clients on a wide variety of capital markets transactions, as well as governance, SEC disclosure and general securities law and corporate matters. He represents corporate and financial institution clients on initial public offerings and other equity offerings, private placements and high-yield, investment-grade and convertible debt offerings. Stephen’s practice ranges across industries and includes clients in telecommunications, media, retail, technology, automotive, biotech, pharmaceuticals, industrials, financial services and insurance.
Experience highlights
Recent Representations
- Dream Finders Homes $300 million senior notes offering
- Akamai Technologies $1.1 billion convertible senior notes offering
- Bausch + Lomb $1.75 billion financing for acquisition of certain Novartis assets
- Veeco Instruments $230 million convertible senior notes offering
- Comcast $5 billion notes offering and $2.9 billion cash tender offers
- Nikola $100 million follow-on offerings
- WeWork comprehensive debt recapitalization transaction
- Atlas Air $850 million senior secured notes offering
- Comcast $1 billion inaugural green bond offering
- Roivant Sciences $230 million stock offering
- Laureate Education $309 million secondary offering
- Roivant Sciences $400 million at-the-market offering
- Ford Credit $3 billion cash tender offers
- Bausch + Lomb $630 million IPO
- Macy’s Retail Holdings $850 million senior notes offering
- TPG $1 billion IPO
Insights
Education
J.D., Columbia Law School
- James Kent Scholar
- Parker School Recognition of Achievement in International and Comparative Law
- Senior Editor, Columbia Law Review
M.A., International Relations, Economics, Johns Hopkins University
B.A., International Studies, Johns Hopkins University
Professional history
- Partner, 2023-present
- Counsel, 2022-2023
- Davis Polk since 2015
Qualifications and admissions
- State of New York