Stewart M. Landefeld
- Firmwide Co-Chair, Sports Industry Group
- Seattle
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Stewart is a highly regarded advisor to global and local businesses, as well as longtime leader in the firm and the community.
Stewart Landefeld has counseled corporations and boards of directors for more than 40 years in the areas of corporate governance, securities compliance, mergers and acquisitions, public offerings, private equity investments, and venture capital.
Stewart has provided corporate governance and general corporate counsel to dozens of leading companies, including Microsoft Corporation, Costco Wholesale Corporation, T-Mobile, and the Seattle Mariners, among many others. His guidance to clients is informed by his experience as interim chief legal officer of Washington Mutual Inc. during the global financial crisis, as well as his decades of board leadership, including the Pike Place Market PDA, The Seattle Foundation, Plymouth Housing Group, and the Seattle Art Museum.
Areas of focus
Industries
Services
Education & Credentials
Education
- The University of Chicago Law School, J.D., 1980
- Yale University, B.A., 1976
Bar and Court Admissions
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Washington
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Related Employment
- Washington Mutual Inc., Interim Chief Legal Officer, December 2007-June 2008, Interim Chief Compliance Officer, June 2008-October 2008, Executive Vice President, General Counsel during seizure of Washington Mutual Bank and Chapter 11 filing of Washington Mutual Inc.
Professional Recognition
Lifetime Achievement Award and Director of the Year, Puget Sound Business Journal, 2023
Received the Burton Award for Legal Achievement, 2009
American Law Institute, Member
Ranked by Chambers USA as "America's Leading Lawyer" in Corporate/Mergers and Acquisitions, 2005-2024
Named Best Lawyers' Seattle, "Mergers and Acquisitions Law Lawyer of the Year," 2015, 2025; "Corporate Governance Law Lawyer of the Year," 2016, 2025; "Corporate Law Lawyer of the Year," 2011, 2019
Listed in Best Lawyers in America: Corporate Governance Law; Corporate Law; Mergers and Acquisitions Law; Private Funds / Hedge Funds Law; Securities / Capital Markets Law; Securities Regulation, 1993-2025
Listed in Super Lawyers Magazine, "Washington's Super Lawyers", 1999-2023
Named a “Leading Lawyer” by The Legal 500 for M&A/Corporate and Commercial - M&A: middle market (sub-$500m), 2015
Recommended by The Legal 500: Industry Focus: M&A/Corporate and Commercial - M&A: middle market (sub-$500m), 2015
Impact
Professional Leadership
- Seattle University, Berle Center Governance Colloquium, Co-Chair, 2011-2013
- SEC Hot Topics, Seattle Co-Chair, 2001 - 2016, co-sponsored by RR Donnelley and Society of Corporate Secretaries and Governance Professionals
Community Involvement
- Seattle Cancer Care Alliance (SCCA), Past Director/Board of Directors, Vice Chair of the Board
- Seattle Art Museum, Chair, Board of Trustees Member and 2017-2020; Immediate Past Chair of the Boards of Directors
- Seattle Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce, Former Member, Board of Trustees
- Plymouth Housing Group (Permanent Housing for the Homeless), Immediate Past President, Board of Trustees
- Seattle Foundation, Past Chairman of Board of Trustees
- Henry Art Gallery, Past Chairman of Board of Trustees
- Pike Place Market Preservation and Development Authority, Past Council Chair
- Seattle Symphony Foundation, Former Vice President, Board of Trustees
- Norman Archibald Charitable Foundation, Board Member
