Stephen is a partner in the Corporate Group. He advises clients across a broad range of sectors on corporate and commercial matters, including mergers and acquisitions, private equity investments, venture capital, joint ventures, and group reorganisations.
Experience
Representative matters
Representative matters
Advised Microsoft Corporation on the acquisition of Dutch target, Minit B.V., a leader in process discovery and mining, with various subsidiaries located in Slovakia, US and UK
Acted for Smartify Holdings Ltd in relation to a £1 million equity investment by Pembroke VCT PLC into Smartify
Advised M12 (formerly Microsoft Ventures) as lead investor on a funding round for Memgraph Ltd, which specialises in graph analytics
Advised Microsoft Corporation on the acquisition of Dutch target, Minit B.V., a leader in process discovery and mining, with various subsidiaries located in Slovakia, US and UK
Acted for Smartify Holdings Ltd in relation to a £1 million equity investment by Pembroke VCT PLC into Smartify
Advised M12 (formerly Microsoft Ventures) as lead investor on a funding round for Memgraph Ltd, which specialises in graph analytics
Advised Microsoft on its acquisition of Metaswitch Networks, a leading provider of virtualised network software and voice, data and communications solutions for operators
Acted for CBPE Capital on its acquisition of Compre Group from Milestone Capital and management.
Acting for Airbeem, an online video platform which combines live and on demand video features, on its £2.5 million fundraise.
Acting for Studio 1, a developer/producer of high quality unscripted entertainment programming, on its seed fundraise.
Acted for the shareholders of Brunel Total Ground Transportation on the sale of the company to Europcar.
Acting for Portify, an innovative platform providing flexible benefits for flexible workers, on its seed fundraise led by venture capital firm Kindred.
Acting for The Drop Technology Limited, a London-based fashion tech startup, on a Series A investment by The Garage Soho.
Acting for Wind Point Partners on its management buyout of Pelsis Group by LDC
Acting for interactive fitness app FiiT on its 2.5 million interim funding round led by Connect Ventures.
Acting for real estate investment group Invel on various transactions, including the acquisition of a 66% stake in NBG Pangaea from the National Bank of Greece for approximately €653 million
Advised Meda on the acquisition of Rottapharm, a leading consumer healthcare focused branded speciality pharmaceuticals company, for €2.275 billion
Advised OpenBet on the acquisition of its outsourced software development services operations from Athens Technology Center SA.
Advised World Fuel Services on its acquisitions of Bergen Energi and The Lubricant Company.
Advised global kitchen manufacturer Nobia on the £34m acquisition of UK kitchen supplier Rixonway and the £32m purchase of CIE and Commodore Kitchens.
Advised the shareholders of Logan Health Group on the disposal of the company to InHealth Limited.
Advising global transportation and logistics company UniGroup on the acquisition of Sterling Relocation.
Acting for renewable energy supplier Bulb (ranked 1st in startups.co.uk’s Startups 100 for 2018) on a number of fundraising rounds
Advised Microsoft Corporation in relation to its acquisition of UK-based Playground Games, video games developer of ‘Forza Horizon’, a series of racing games for Xbox consoles and Microsoft Windows.
Advised DMG Ventures Limited on its £15 million investment in Kortex Limited
Credentials
Education
Education
- BPP Law School, 2007, Legal Practice Course (Distinction)
- University of Sheffield, 2006, B.A., Law with French
Professional admissions & qualifications
Professional admissions & qualifications
- England and Wales
Professional affiliations
Professional affiliations
- Law Society of England and Wales
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