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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 advises businesses, boards of directors, and leading investors in the areas of corporate governance, sports and media transactions, securities compliance, mergers and acquisitions, and private equity investments.
Stewart has provided corporate governance and general corporate counsel to dozens of leading companies, including Microsoft Corporation, Costco Wholesale Corporation, the Seattle Mariners, and Seattle SuperSonics, among many others. His guidance to clients is informed by his experience as chief legal officer and senior executive of Washington Mutual Inc. during the global financial crisis, as well as his decades of board leadership, including the Seattle Art Museum, the Seattle Cancer Care Alliance, the Pike Place Market PDA, The Seattle Foundation, and Plymouth Housing Group.
Stewart was the founding editor and continues to co-author The Public Company Handbook: A Corporate Governance and Disclosure Guide for Directors and Executives (Seventh Edition). In addition, he is the co-founder and Perkins Coie responsible partner for OnBoarding Women and the Black Boardroom Initiative, leading Seattle and New York-based programs dedicated to increasing gender and racial equity in public company boardrooms.
Stewart has been recognized every year since 2005 as one of “America’s Leading Business Lawyers” by Chambers USA.
Ranked by Chambers USA 20 Years in a Row
Corporate: Mergers & Acquisitions
Professional Recognition
- 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; Corporate Governance Law Lawyer of the Year, 2016; "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, 1993-2024
- 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
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Recommended by The Legal 500: Industry Focus: M&A/Corporate and Commercial - M&A: middle market (sub-$500m), 2015
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
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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
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Norman Archibald Charitable Foundation, Board Member
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.
