STEPHEN H. KAY, 50

FIRM: Hogan Lovells US LLP

LAW SCHOOL: Boston University School of Law

SELECTED CLIENTS: News Corp., Fox Cable Networks, Dolby, Encore Capital Group

YEARS IN PRACTICE: 24

Biggest Deal: Sale of Gemstar-TV Guide to Macrovision Corp. for $2.8 billion.

Most Difficult Deal: Gemstar-TV Guide-Macrovision, because my role and responsibilities encompassed managing the sale process, leading the deal negotiations and overseeing the documentation, coordinating public disclosure, advising our board on corporate governance matters, and attending to transitional arrangements for fellow employees and executives.

Best Career Moment: When I had officially worked myself out of a job upon the closing of the Gemstar-TV Guide-Macrovision merger. It was a bittersweet moment, but it was a great feeling to know how much my team and I had accomplished for the company and its shareholders.

Worst: After nearly a year of intensive efforts to negotiate and document a complicated multiparty, cross-border transaction, we were preparing to exchange signature pages when our client received a call from an investment banker to say that a new bidder had stolen the deal away with an 11th hour topping bid.

If I Weren’t an Attorney: I’d take longer vacations to more remote places around the world.

My Colleagues Don’t Know: That I can happily spend hours fine-tuning a digital photo album of my favorite shots from my most recent travels.