Mr Stephen Brown > Akin > London, England > Lawyer Profile
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Mr Stephen Brown
Position
Stephen has substantial experience advising private equity sponsors and public companies on the taxation and structuring of management equity and share incentive arrangements, among many other types of matters. He is also an experienced employment lawyer.
Stephen leads on the negotiation, drafting and implementation of the management equity piece in private equity-backed acquisitions and focuses on aligning rewards for the leadership team with the creation of value for investors over a multi-year period. He develops innovative approaches to solve tax, legal and governance problems for leading funds and corporates.
With extensive experience advising U.S. investors investing in U.K. and European assets, Stephen combines a deep knowledge of employment law and the tax, corporate law and structuring aspects of management incentive arrangements and share inventive plans.
Stephen also has many years of experience guiding U.S.-based clients on the introduction of incentive arrangements in different jurisdictions including Europe, the Middle East, Asia and South America and finding solutions to the tax, employment and regulatory issues that arise in these jurisdictions.
Lawyer Rankings
London > Corporate and commercial > Corporate tax
Akin is particularly active in tax issues relating to the financial services sector, with coverage of funds and restructurings. Stephen Brown leads, and is particularly active in tax matters in the private equity sector. Serena Lee has key strength in financial restructurings, but covers a broad range of corporate tax matters. Matthew Durward-Thomas is experienced in international restructuring mandates.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Finance > Corporate restructuring & insolvency
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Mining and minerals
Firm Rankings
- Investment fund formation and management > Hedge funds
- Finance > Debt capital markets
- Corporate and commercial > EU and competition: trade, WTO anti-dumping and customs
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Infrastructure: Project finance and development
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Oil and gas
- Corporate and commercial > Private equity: transactions - mid-market deals (up to £500m)
- Investment fund formation and management > Private funds
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Renewables
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: premium
- Corporate and commercial > Financial services: contentious
- Dispute resolution > International arbitration
- Corporate and commercial > M&A: Lower Mid-Market Deals, £100m-£750m
- Finance > Bank lending: investment grade debt and syndicated loans
- Dispute resolution > Banking litigation: investment and retail
- Corporate and commercial > EU and competition
- Corporate and commercial > Financial services: non-contentious/regulatory
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Fraud: civil
- Corporate and commercial > Corporate tax