Stephen Clow > Keystone Law > London, England > Lawyer Profile

Keystone Law
48 CHANCERY LANE
LONDON
WC2A 1JF
England

Work Department

Corporate

Position

Stephen is an experienced corporate lawyer with wide-reaching expertise in both corporate and commercial work. He specialises in listings on the London stock markets and acts for companies coming to all the major London exchanges. In particular, he acts for domestic and overseas companies coming to AIM and the standard segment of the Main Market of the London Stock Exchange.

As well as representing those coming to the market for the first time, Stephen advises companies and their executives on the ongoing requirements of being a public listed company, including the application of the Listing Rules and the Market Abuse Regulation. He is also the Company Secretary of a Main Market listed company and advises on the requirements of public M&A transactions and the application of the Takeover Code.

In addition, Stephen assists private companies and businesses in dealing with all aspects of company law as well as helping them with corporate restructuring, shareholder agreements, joint ventures, franchising arrangements, and establishing overseas offices and businesses. He represents clients undertaking all kinds of private M&A transactions and advises on private equity investments.

He began his career as a banking and insolvency lawyer and has significant experience in finance work. Primarily, he represents corporate clients negotiating banking and debt facilities.

Stephen holds the ICAEW Corporate Finance Qualification.

Career

2017 Keystone Law Consultant Solicitor
2013 – 2017 Moore Blatch Partner
2005 – 2013 DMH Stallard | Partner
2000 – 2005 Campbell Hooper (now part of Charles Russell Speechlys) Partner
1996 – 2000 Glovers Partner
1993 – 1996 Titmuss Sainer Dechert (now part of Dechert) Assistant
1989 – 1993 Wilde Sapte (now part of Dentons) Assistant
1985 – 1989 Grangewoods Assistant through to Salaried Partner
1984 – 1985 Midland Bank In-House Solicitor
1984 Qualified as a Solicitor
1982 – 1984 Allen & Son (now part of Gordon Dadds) Trainee Solicitor