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Linklaters LLP Offices
ONE SILK STREET
LONDON
EC2Y 8HQ
England
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Stuart Bedford
Work Department
Corporate.
Position
Stuart is based in London and was the former head of the London corporate division. He has broad experience in private equity, on both buy-outs and growth fund deals and more generally in mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures and capital raisings. Stuart has extensive transactional experience in emerging markets, particularly South-East Asia and Africa. A former head of the Energy Sector, Stuart has been involved in a broad range of energy and natural resources deals. Key clients include Carlyle, Oaktree Capital, TIAA-CREF, Anglo American, Noble Group, Sumitomo Corp, Temasek, Standard Chartered Bank and ANZ.
Career
Trainee Linklaters 1993 – 1995; Associate, Real Estate, Linklaters 1995 – 1996; In-house counsel, BAE SYSTEMS plc 1996 – 1998; Senior Consultant, Grosvenor Consultancy Services Limited 1998 – 2000; Managing Associate, Corporate Department, Linklaters 2000 – 2005; Partner, Linklaters 2005 – 2009; Partner Linklaters Singapore 2009 – 2014 (as Asia Head of Corporate from 2011), Partner London 2014 (as London Head of Corporate), 2016 Partner (and General Counsel of LeapFrog Investments), 2017 Partner, London
Education
Emmanuel College, Cambridge (1990); Chester College of Law (1993).
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Finance > Acquisition finance
- Finance > Bank lending: investment grade debt and syndicated loans
- Dispute resolution > Banking litigation: investment and retail
- Risk advisory > Corporate governance
- Finance > Corporate restructuring & insolvency
- Risk advisory > Data protection, privacy and cybersecurity
- Finance > Debt capital markets
- Finance > Derivatives and structured products
- Industry focus > Emerging markets
- Employment > Employee share schemes
- Employment > Employers
- Real estate > Environment
- Corporate and commercial > Equity capital markets – mid-large cap
- Corporate and commercial > EU and competition
- Corporate and commercial > Financial services: contentious
- Corporate and commercial > Financial services: non-contentious/regulatory
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Fintech
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Infrastructure: M&A and acquisition financing
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Infrastructure: Project finance and development
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > IT and telecoms
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Fraud: civil
- Corporate and commercial > M&A: Upper Mid-Market And Premium Deals, £750m+
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Mining and minerals
- Employment > Pensions (non-contentious)
- Employment > Pensions: dispute resolution
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Power (including electricity, nuclear and renewables)
- Transport > Rail
- Investment fund formation and management > Real estate funds
- Finance > Securitisation
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Water
Firm Rankings
- Corporate and commercial > Commercial contracts
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: premium
- Real estate > Commercial property: development
- Real estate > Commercial property: investment
- Dispute resolution > Competition litigation
- Corporate and commercial > Corporate tax
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Fraud: civil
- Finance > High yield
- Insurance > Insurance: corporate and regulatory
- Industry focus > Life sciences and healthcare
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Oil and gas
- Corporate and commercial > Private equity: transactions – high-value deals (£250m+)
- Investment fund formation and management > Private funds
- Real estate > Property finance
- Risk advisory > Regulatory investigations and corporate crime (advice to corporates)
- Finance > Trade finance
- Public sector > Administrative and public law
- Real estate > Commercial property: corporate occupiers
- Real estate > Construction: non-contentious
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Intellectual property: patents (contentious and non-contentious)
- Dispute resolution > International arbitration
- Dispute resolution > Public international law
- Industry focus > Retail and consumer
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Intellectual property: trade marks, copyright and design
- Finance > Transport finance and leasing
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Sport
- Real estate > Commercial property: corporate occupiers