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Stephen Callender

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+44 (0)20 7395 3182 scallender@wedlakebell.com

Work Department

Corporate

Position

Stephen is a partner in our corporate practice and has extensive experience acting for clients in the technology sector, the construction materials sector, and the natural resources industry.

Stephen’s main practice areas include UK capital markets (advising issuers, nomads, brokers and financial advisers on private placings, IPOs, secondary fundraises and dual listings) and M&A (acting for both public and private companies).

Stephen also has considerable experience advising on equity investments, rights issues, joint ventures and corporate reorganisations.

Career

Stephen joined Wedlake Bell in May 2022. Prior to this he was a partner in the M&A and Corporate Finance Team at Bates Wells between April 2016 and April 2022.

Before then he was a senior associate at Bates Wells between November 2014 and March 2016, an associate at Fasken Martineau LLP between October 2011 and November 2014 and an associate at Joelson (then Joelson Wilson) between July 2007 and September 2011.

Education

Stephen has a degree in History and Politics from The University of York and completed his Post Graduate Diploma in Law and his Legal Practice Course at the College of Law in York.

Lawyer Rankings

London > Corporate and commercial > M&A: Smaller Deals, £10m-£100m

Variously praised as ‘efficient, collaborative’ and ‘pragmatic’, the corporate team at Wedlake Bell LLP for its capabilities across the gamut of corporate transactions, particularly in the technology, financial services, insurance and leisure sectors. The team has most recently been bolstered by the arrival of Mark Tasker and Stephen Callender in May 2022; Tasker draws on over 30 years of experience advising clients on on corporate transactional work, while Callender is noted for his focus on M&A and UK capital markets matters. The wider practice is led by Adam Lynch, who regularly handles corporate finance and M&A transactions – both domestic and cross-border. Nigel Taylor is recommended for his expertise in advising on downstream private equity and private equity-backed transactions. Janice Wall retired from the firm in February 2023.

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