Key Takeaways
- • BakerHostetler added four partners in its New York office: Andrew Arsiotis, Joshua Saidlower and Henry Zangara to its Business Practice Group and Mergers and Acquisitions team, and Steve Rockoff to the Business Practice Group and Debt Finance team.
- • The firm said the hires deepen its firmwide M&A and Private Equity teams, with a focus on representing financial and strategic buyers and sellers in middle-market transactions.
- • Chairman Paul Schmidt called increasing transactional capacity in New York a strategic priority, and the firm noted it has added more than 100 New York lawyers over the past 15 years.
- • BakerHostetler said the middle market has significantly picked up in the second half of 2025 and that it advises on hundreds of middle-market deals each year.
Summary
BakerHostetler has announced that four partners have joined its New York office, according to a Business Wire release dated October 16, 2025. Andrew Arsiotis, Joshua Saidlower and Henry Zangara join as partners in the firm's Business Practice Group and on its Mergers and Acquisitions team, while Steve Rockoff joins as a partner in the Business Practice Group and its Debt Finance team.
Arsiotis focuses on M&A, private investment funds and corporate finance for private equity funds, family offices, venture capital entities and their portfolio companies. Rockoff has more than two decades of experience advising borrowers and lenders on domestic and cross-border debt financings, with a focus on private equity sponsors, hedge funds and financial institutions. Saidlower handles M&A and financing for technology, manufacturing and financial services clients, and Zangara, a former assistant general counsel at a private equity firm, represents sponsors and investors in private equity and alternative asset funds.
Firm leadership framed the hires as part of a broader investment in New York. Chairman Paul Schmidt said increasing transactional capabilities in key markets like New York is a strategic priority. George Stamboulidis, managing partner of the New York office, said the firm has added more than 100 lawyers to its New York ranks in the past 15 years. John Allotta, chair of the Business Practice Group, said the firm advises on hundreds of middle-market deals each year and that the middle market has significantly picked up in the second half of 2025. Steven Goldberg, co-leader of the M&A team, described the group as widely respected dealmakers that strengthens the firm's position among the premier middle-market M&A firms in the U.S.
BakerHostetler's Business Practice Group has more than 280 attorneys across U.S. offices, according to the release, and is named a go-to firm by Chambers USA and Legal 500.
Arsiotis focuses on M&A, private investment funds and corporate finance for private equity funds, family offices, venture capital entities and their portfolio companies. Rockoff has more than two decades of experience advising borrowers and lenders on domestic and cross-border debt financings, with a focus on private equity sponsors, hedge funds and financial institutions. Saidlower handles M&A and financing for technology, manufacturing and financial services clients, and Zangara, a former assistant general counsel at a private equity firm, represents sponsors and investors in private equity and alternative asset funds.
Firm leadership framed the hires as part of a broader investment in New York. Chairman Paul Schmidt said increasing transactional capabilities in key markets like New York is a strategic priority. George Stamboulidis, managing partner of the New York office, said the firm has added more than 100 lawyers to its New York ranks in the past 15 years. John Allotta, chair of the Business Practice Group, said the firm advises on hundreds of middle-market deals each year and that the middle market has significantly picked up in the second half of 2025. Steven Goldberg, co-leader of the M&A team, described the group as widely respected dealmakers that strengthens the firm's position among the premier middle-market M&A firms in the U.S.
BakerHostetler's Business Practice Group has more than 280 attorneys across U.S. offices, according to the release, and is named a go-to firm by Chambers USA and Legal 500.
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