Ben Steadman is a partner in the Los Angeles and New York offices of Paul, Weiss who represents private equity sponsors and their portfolio companies on leveraged buyouts and other complex financing matters.

Ben counsels his clients on how to structure, negotiate and document their financing transactions and has extensive experience with asset-based, recurring-revenue, unitranche, first-lien, second-lien and high-yield transaction structures.

Over the course of his career, Ben has advised on more than 200 completed financings with a combined value exceeding $100 billion. He has handled those matters on behalf of BC Partners, Butterfly Equity, HgCapital, KKR, Stone Point Capital, Stonepeak Infrastructure Partners and Warburg Pincus, among others.

Ben was recognized by Lawdragon in the 2026 edition of The Lawdragon 500 Leading Dealmakers in America.
Ben was recognized in 2025 by the Daily Journal as part of its “Top 40 Under 40” list of California lawyers under age 40 who are leaders in the profession.
Ben was recognized in 2025 as a Thomson Reuters “Stand-Out Lawyer”.
Ben was recognized by Lawdragon in the 2024 edition of The Lawdragon 500 X – The Next Generation.
Ben was recognized by Best Lawyers in the 2024, 2023 and 2022 editions of Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch.
In 2021, The Deal recognized his team’s work on the take-private acquisition of G4S by Allied Universal as the Cross-Border Deal of the Year and his team’s work on the acquisition of the commercial aviation business of Gogo by Intelsat as the Most Innovative Deal of the Year (Middle Market).
In 2020, the International Financial Law Review recognized his team’s work on the take-private acquisition of Inmarsat as the Deal of the Year (Private Equity).

Ben’s experience includes representing:

Warburg Pincus in connection with the financings for the take-private acquisition of ECN Capital Corp.; Keystone Agency Partners; START Center for Cancer Research; Vermont Information Processing (VIP); Pango Group, Inc. and its acquisition of Total Security; Varicent Software; NEOGOV and its subsequent sale to EQT and CPPIB; CData Software; Phil, Inc.; Bloomerang and its acquisition of Qgiv; Softeon; BradyPLUS; Pareto Health; K2 Insurance; Bond Vet; El Car Wash; the carve-out acquisition of Citeline (f/k/a/ Pharma Intelligence) from Informa PLC and its subsequent combination with Norstella; defi SOLUTIONS Group; Sagent M&C; Allied Universal and its take-private acquisition of G4S; Foundation Risk Partners and its subsequent sale to Partners Group; Scale Microgrid Solutions; NetDocuments; Experity and its subsequent sale to GTCR; Reorg Research; Intelligent Medical Objects, Inc. and its subsequent sale to Thomas H. Lee Partners; Cargomatic; SPINS Wellness; Quantum Health; Modernizing Medicine, Inc. and its subsequent sale to Clearlake Capital; Qualifacts and its acquisitions of Credible Behavioral Health and InSync; eSentire; Inc., Assent Compliance; Polyplus-transfection and its subsequent sale to Sartorius; the take-private acquisition of Inmarsat Plc and its subsequent sale to Viasat Inc.; Kestra Holdings and its subsequent sale to Stone Point Capital; Fetch (f/k/a PetPlan); WebPT and its acquisition of Clinicient; Procare Software and its acquisition of ChildPlus Software; Businessolver.com, Inc. and its subsequent sale to Stone Point Capital; Duetto; RS Energy Group; Blue-Grace Group.
Stone Point Capital in connection with the financings for OneDigital; Kroll; Ultimus Fund Solutions; Meridian Capital Group; Emperion and its acquisition of Peerlink; Keller Williams Realty; Kestra Holdings; Vensure Employer Services; the take-private acquisition of HireRight; the carve-out acquisition of CRC Group (f/k/a Truist Insurance Holdings) and its subsequent sales of McGriff Insurance to Marsh McLennan and Crump Life Insurance Services to AmeriLife; Lincoln Property Company Commercial; the take-private acquisition of Tivity Health; Beeline; Higginbotham & Associates; Hyphen Solutions; Businessolver.com, Inc.; Cotality (f/k/a Core Logic); Consilio and its acquisitions of D4 and EQ, Legility and Lawyers on Demand; Ascensus and its acquisition of Newport; Samba Safety; Enlyte (f/k/a Mitchell International); Lone Wolf Technologies; and Bullhorn.
HgCapital in connection with the financings for Caseware; Payworks; A-LIGN; NContracts; AuditBoard, Inc.; Litera; Rhapsody; Norstella in connection with its combination with Citeline (f/k/a/ Pharma Intelligence); Prophix Software and its acquisitions of Sigma Conso and AllStrategy; and Sovos Compliance.
KKR in connection with the financings for RVShare; ReliaQuest; its investment in AppLovin Corporation; Cloudera; Burning Glass Technologies and its acquisition of Emsi; Gibson Brands, Inc.; C.H.I. Overhead Doors; Calabrio; Minnesota Rubber and Plastics and its acquisition of Primasil Silicones; and Mitchell International.
Warren Equity Partners in connection with the financings for Townsend Company and Gunnison; Meridian Waste; Ovation Holdings; kV Power; MacQueen Equipment; Vortex; and ADB Companies.
Butterfly Equity in connection with the financings for Milk Specialties Global; QDOBA and the Modern Restaurant Concepts platform; Bolthouse Farms and its acquisition of Evolution Fresh from Starbucks Corp.; Orgain and its subsequent sale to Nestlé Health Science; Chosen Foods; MaryRuth Organics; and Pete and Gerry’s Organics.
Siris Capital in connection with the financings for Stratus Technologies; Digital River; Constant Contact; the take-private acquisition of Endurance International; Electronics for Imaging; the take-private acquisition of Web.com Group, Inc.; and Pulse Secure.
Stonepeak Infrastructure Partners in connection with the financings for Fleet Companies; WTG Downstream and WTG Midstream as part of its joint venture with West Texas Gas, Inc. ; and its investment in American Tower’s US Data Center Business.
BC Partners in connection with the financings for Madison Logic; Chewy, Inc.; PetSmart, Inc.; Women’s Care Enterprises; and the take-private acquisition of Presidio, Inc.
Thomas H. Lee Partners in connection with the financings for Professional Physical Therapy; Nextech Systems; 8th Avenue Food & Provisions, Inc.; Material Handling Systems, Inc.; and Curo Health Services, Inc.
Investindustrial in connection with the financings for the carve-out acquisition of Winland Foods from TreeHouse Foods, Inc.; Parker Food Group; and Jacuzzi Brands.
Various Corporate Borrowers in connection with various financing matters, including AppLovin Corporation; Builders FirstSource, including in connection with its acquisition of BMC Stock; Chewy, Inc.; Cyxtera Technologies, Inc., Enstar Group in connection with its take-private sale transaction to Sixth Street; Envestnet in connection with its take-private sale transaction to Bain Capital; Innophos Holdings, Inc.; and Intelsat S.A., including in connection with its acquisition of the commercial aviation business of Gogo.