Stefi Peralta Porter

Stefi Peralta Porter focuses her practice on a full range of corporate transactional and general commercial matters, including mergers and acquisitions, commercial contracts, securities law compliance, commercial lending and general corporate governance.

Among her representative transactions, Stefi has:

• Assisted in the representation of Cassidy Turley, a national commercial real estate services company, in its merger with DTZ, an international private equity investment consortium.
• Assisted in the representation of Educational Computer Systems, Inc., an educational loan processing company, in its acquisition by Heartland Payment Systems, Inc. (NYSE: HPY).
• Assisted in the representation of Mon Valley Petroleum, Inc., a fuel retailer and distributer, in its sale of 15 gas stations and convenience stores, to American Natural Retail, LLC et al.
• Served on the teams that assisted Vector Security, Inc. in its acquisitions of a security alarm monitoring company and managed network services company.
• Assisted an international specialty metal company with preparing and negotiating its supply, sales and distribution contracts.
• Represented a chinaware manufacturing company in drafting and negotiating its manufacturing and supply agreements.
• Represented security alarm clients with licensing and regulatory matters and preparing and negotiating their commercial agreements, including customer contracts and dealer agreements.
• Drafted and/or revised purchase order terms and conditions for companies in the manufacturing and technology industries.
• Assisted in the documentation of secured term loans and revolving credit facilities for various borrowers and lenders.
• Assisted in the representation of Clear Count Medical Solutions with respect to its early stage financing transactions.
• Conducted mineral-title due diligence to identify title defects pursuant to a $1B+ oil and gas lease acquisition in the Marcellus Shale.
• Represented various non-profit corporations with formation, obtaining 501(c)(3) status, and drafting and negotiating their commercial contracts.

Prior to receiving her law degree, Stefi managed a retail branch of National City Bank in downtown Pittsburgh. While in law school, Stefi served as a summer associate in Buchanan’s Pittsburgh office and completed internships with the U.S. Attorney’s Office, the Federal Public Defender, Travelers Insurance Pittsburgh Staff Counsel, and the Jewish Family & Children's Services Pittsburgh Refugee and Immigrant Assistance Center. Stefi is fluent in Spanish.