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Stephen Callender
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
With sector expertise in the technology, financial services, and insurance spaces, as well as in the hospitality and leisure, real estate, and logistics industries, the corporate department at Wedlake Bell LLP is capable of assisting a variety of clients on a range of corporate transactions including M&A, restructurings, and fundraisings. The group is adept in multijurisdictional transactions, and benefits from a multidisciplinary approach, working in tandem with the firm’s tax, finance, IP, and commercial teams, among others. Leading the practice is Adam Lynch, who has a breadth of experience leading on domestic and cross-border M&A deals and corporate finance, including venture capital and private equity transactions. Lynch is frequently instructed by clients from the corporate real estate, financial services, and technology sectors. Edward Craft is noted for his aptitude in M&A, fundraising, and reorganisations, while Nigel Taylor is adept in M&A and private equity transactions in the financial services, technology, and industrials sectors. Other key names in the group include Mark Tasker, who concentrates on domestic and cross-border mergers and acquisitions, equity capital markets matters, and corporate finance, and Stephen Callender, whose focus is M&A and UK capital markets.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
Firm Rankings
- Real estate > Commercial property: corporate occupiers
- Corporate and commercial > M&A: Smaller Deals, £10m-£100m
- Private client > Personal tax, trusts and probate
- Real estate > Residential property
- Real estate > Commercial property: investment
- Real estate > Construction: non-contentious
- Private client > Contentious trusts and probate
- Real estate > Property litigation
- Real estate > Commercial property: development
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Fraud: civil
- Employment > Pensions (non-contentious)
- Employment > Senior executives
- Real estate > Construction: contentious
- Employment > Employers
- Private client > Family
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Intellectual property: trade marks, copyright and design
- Finance > Corporate restructuring & insolvency
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > IT and telecoms