Stephanie Featherstone > Simmons & Simmons > Bristol, England > Lawyer Profile

Simmons & Simmons
Aurora
Finzels Reach
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BS1 6BX
England
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Work Department

Corporate / M&A

Position

Steph is a partner in the UK Corporate/M&A group. She provides corporate advice to companies and financial institutions on a wide range of issues including mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, corporate fundraisings and corporate reorganisations. She has significant experience in complex cross border M&A and joint ventures.

Steph is a member of the firm’s Accelerate Digital group, focused on guiding clients through digital transformation.

Career

Steph joined Simmons in 2015 from a Magic Circle law firm. In addition to practicing in the UK, she has previously spent time in private practice in Hong Kong as well as time on client secondment to the Legal M&A team of a major pharmaceutical group in Switzerland. Steph is individually recommended by Legal 500.

Education

Cambridge University (Law degree) and University of Law, Moorgate.

Lawyer Rankings

London > Corporate and commercial > M&A: Lower Mid-Market Deals, £100m-£750m

(Next Generation Partners)

Stephanie Featherstone – Simmons & Simmons

Working across a host of sectors, including financial services, healthcare, and TMT, Simmons & Simmons‘ M&A practice handles a range of complex and multijurisdictional matters. A key contact for asset managers and financial institutions, practice head Arthur Stewart‘s broad offering spans domestic and cross-border M&A, joint ventures, and commercial agreements. Head of the private market sub-group, Ania Rontaler focuses on the asset management sector, handling corporate restructurings and M&A, including minority stakes sales. Isabella Roberts is noted for her renewables sector focus, while Stephanie Featherstone is an expert in the TMT sector, assisting businesses with domestic and international M&A, joint ventures, corporate reorganisations, and private fundraising. Gideon Sharp acts for institutional investors, private equity, and real estate clients, while Jason Daniel – former head of the firm’s corporate and commercial practice throughout Asia – frequently leads on transactions involving Japanese corporates and financial institutions. David Parkes leads the firm’s corporate team within the fintech sector group and has extensive experience acting on M&A deals, disposals, equity investments and raisings, and refinancing. Other key practitioners include Raghav Ghai and Kim Farrar.