Stephen’s main areas of practice are company law and related matters of corporate finance. His work involves a range of advisory matters, schemes of arrangement, takeovers, reorganisations, FSMA Part VII transfer schemes and litigious work. He advises on all Companies Act 2006 matters, including share buy backs, distributions and accounting issues. He also advises on sanctions matters, including the Russia Regulations. Before becoming a barrister, Stephen had extensive experience as a solicitor at major City firms in public and private mergers and acquisitions (both domestic and cross-border), corporate law, acquisition financing and infrastructure.

Qualified 2002; Lincoln’s Inn; formerly practised as a solicitor with Allen & Overy.

Chancery Bar Association.

University of Adelaide (BA; LLB).