NEW YORK–(BUSINESS WIRE)–BakerHostetler:
Key takeaways
- Andrew Arsiotis, Joshua Saidlower and Henry Zangara join BakerHostetler’s New York office as partners in the firm’s Business Practice Group and on its Mergers and Acquisitions team.
- Steve Rockoff joins as a partner in the firm’s Business Practice Group and on its Debt Finance team in New York.
- The addition builds on significant growth for the Business Practice Group over the last few years.
- This is a unique opportunity for BakerHostetler to increase the depth of and continue to grow its Mergers and Acquisitions, Private Equity and Debt Finance teams and its New York office.
Why this matters
BakerHostetler is pleased to announce the firm has added a significant team of four partners in New York to its Mergers and Acquisitions, Private Equity and Debt Finance teams.
The group’s arrival adds significant depth to BakerHostetler’s Business Practice Group in New York and its firmwide Mergers & Acquisitions and Private Equity teams. The group continues BakerHostetler’s focus on offering top-of-class representation of financial and strategic buyers and sellers in middle-market M&A transactions.
Key quotes
“Increasing our transactional capabilities in key markets like New York is a strategic firm priority. We are delighted to welcome this sophisticated team of partners that will add to our market-leading M&A, Private Equity and Debt Finance teams in New York,” said Paul Schmidt, chairman of BakerHostetler.
“The addition of these exceptional lawyers to our Business Practice Group demonstrates the substantial investment the firm continues to make in our New York Office,” said George Stamboulidis, managing partner of BakerHostetler’s New York office. “We’ve added more than 100 lawyers to our ranks in New York in the past 15 years.”
“BakerHostetler advises on hundreds of middle-market deals each year for our private equity and strategic clients. Our teams are currently very busy as the middle market has significantly picked up in the second half of 2025. We are thrilled to add Andy, Steve, Josh and Henry’s practices to our existing M&A and Private Equity teams as we continue to expand our team of partners that delivers top-of-market client services and handles our clients’ most complex transactions,” said John Allotta, chair of BakerHostetler’s Business Practice Group.
“Andy, Steve, Josh and Henry are widely respected and talented dealmakers, and this group of partners will be a terrific addition to our practice. We are committed to providing quality and nuanced advice to our clients as they navigate a rapidly shifting business environment. The group’s impressive history of successfully managing complex transactions enhances our position as one of the premier middle-market M&A firms in the U.S.,” added Steven Goldberg, co-leader of BakerHostetler’s Mergers and Acquisitions team.
Arsiotis is an accomplished corporate attorney who focuses his practice on mergers and acquisitions, private investment funds and corporate finance matters for private equity funds, family offices, venture capital entities and their portfolio companies. Clients across the manufacturing, technology and software, financial services and health care industries seek his counsel in a broad spectrum of commercial transactions, such as joint ventures, partnerships, private equity deals, business combinations, leveraged buyouts, mezzanine debt financings, startup formations, financing activities and corporate restructurings. He is also adept at guiding clients through equity and debt investments and corporate governance issues.
Arsiotis earned a J.D. from Fordham University School of Law and a B.A. from Stony Brook University.
For more than two decades, Rockoff has been advising both borrowers and lenders across a broad spectrum of domestic and cross-border debt financing transactions, with a strong focus on representing private equity firms, financial sponsors, corporate borrowers, family offices, banks, hedge funds and other financial institutions. Steve is well-versed in handling matters involving leveraged buyouts and acquisition financings; senior secured lending, including first and second lien credit facilities and asset-based lending; mezzanine debt; working capital facilities; and term loans.
Rockoff earned a J.D. from Fordham University School of Law and a B.A. from Stony Brook University.
Saidlower has a broad corporate practice, focusing on mergers and acquisitions, debt and equity financing and general corporate matters for clients in the technology, manufacturing, distribution, construction, health and wellness, and financial and professional services industries. He represents buyers and sellers in private mergers and acquisitions transactions, including auction sales; assists businesses (including startups and growth-stage companies) with capital raises and strategic investments; negotiates credit facilities, including term loans, revolving lines of credit and mezzanine debt financings; and selects and negotiates representation and warranty insurance policies.
Saidlower earned a J.D. from the University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School and a B.A. from Queens College.
A former assistant general counsel at a private equity firm, Zangara represents sponsors of and investors in private equity and other alternative asset investment funds, as well as family offices, focusing on mergers and acquisitions, equity finance, fund formation and general corporate counseling. He has worked on transactions across a variety of industries, including health and active living, retail, consumer products and services, manufacturing, and technology, and has aided investment management clients in connection with fund formation activities and secondary transfers. In addition to his private equity work, Zangara has extensive experience guiding operating companies and various founder and other owner groups as they navigate the process of buying and selling their businesses.
Zangara earned a J.D. from Boston University School of Law and an A.B. from Brown University.
BakerHostetler’s Business Practice Group handles thousands of corporate transactions each year. The full-service team, consisting of more than 280 attorneys in offices across the U.S., has extensive experience closing all varieties of transactions – including mergers and acquisitions and private equity, real estate, debt finance, capital markets and securities, health care and regulatory, restructuring and bankruptcy, emerging companies and venture capital, commercial transactions, and other matters central to a company’s success. A national group with a global reach, BakerHostetler’s Business Practice Group is consistently named a go-to firm by both Chambers USA and Legal 500. For more information, visit bakerlaw.com/services/business/. Connect with us on LinkedIn at @BakerHostetler, @PaulSchmidt, @JohnAllotta, @StevenGoldberg, @GeorgeStamboulidis, @AndrewArsiotis, @StevenRockoff, @JoshuaSaidlower or @HenryZangara or on the social platform X at @BakerHostetler.
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