Duncan Stiles > Stephenson Harwood > London, England > Lawyer Profile

Stephenson Harwood
1 FINSBURY CIRCUS
LONDON
EC2M 7SH
England

Work Department

Corporate

Position

Duncan is a senior corporate partner at Stephenson Harwood LLP. He advises a sophisticated, internationally diverse client base in Europe and the US across a range of sectors (including manufacturing, technology and real estate) on complex transactions which often have a cross-border element.

Over the last 30 years, Duncan has advised a wide range of listed and unlisted UK and international companies, private equity sponsors and financial institutions on transactional matters including public and private M&A, joint ventures, fundraisings and corporate reorganisations.

The United States is a particular focus for Duncan’s practice and over the last 15 years he has advised in relation to strategic European investments by numerous US corporates and financial sponsors; most recently Intercontinental Exchange, Inc; Kroll Inc, Elemica Inc and Corporation Service Company. He advised Covanta Holding Corporation on its strategic partnership with Green Investment Group (part of the Macquarie Group) to develop, fund and own energy-from-waste projects in the UK and Ireland and now advises the UK business directly following the acquisition of GIG’s interests.

He has recently advised on a number of deals in the technology sector, including Kroll’s acquisition of cyber-security services provider Redscan; Elemica’s purchase of OmPrompt, a company focussed on the automation and optimisation of supply chain processes and document management; and Intercontinental Exchange’s acquisition of Urgentem, a provider of emissions data and climate risk analytics to the finance industry.

Lawyer Rankings

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

Stephenson Harwood‘s corporate offering covers M&A and complex transactions on both the buy and sell-side, particularly for clients in the insurance, financial services, transportation and trade and technology industries. Led by equity capital markets and M&A practitioner Tom Nicholls, the practice’s client roster features listed and private companies and private equity firms. Sam Gray, head of the firm’s corporate finance department, is well-positioned to advise on M&A transactions in the financial services sector, particularly relating to insurance broking clients. The ‘exceptional’ Duncan Stiles assists US and European clients in the manufacturing and technology spaces, while Ben Mercer handles public and private M&A, restructurings and joint ventures across the consumer goods, transportation and energy sectors, to name a few. Other names to note include private M&A specialist Jonathan Bridcut. Kristian Shearsby, who is well-versed in corporate matters relating to the life sciences and technology sectors, joined the team in June 2022 from Mills & Reeve LLP, where he previously headed the corporate team.