People
Stephen Lloyd
Biography
Stephen is Private Equity Sector Lead and a member of the Executive Committee.
He has over 30 years of experience advising private equity houses, sovereign wealth funds and other equity providers on acquisitions and disposals. He also advises public and private corporates and investment banks on the full range of cross border M&A and corporate finance transactions. "Stephen Lloyd is a prominent and widely respected lawyer who is deeply experienced in the representation of private equity sponsors, and other funds, in acquisitions and disposals. Sources say: 'His is a very client-focused operation. He is a real expert in advising, leading and delivering a deal'." Chambers UK 2020 Stephen is named in the Legal 500 Hall of Fame for Private Equity.
Practice areas
- Corporate and M&A
- Private equity
- M and A JVs and corporate reorganizations
Sectors
- Private capital
- Private equity
Selected experience
- Bridgepoint on the sale of testing services provider Element Materials Technology to Temasek and the acquisition of tech company Fenergo from Insight Partners.
- EQT on the acquisition of Idealista, the online real estate classifieds platform, from Apax Partners.
- Cinven on the acquisition of Compre, an insurance provider.
- The privately held investment company on its acquisition of Unilabs from funds advised by Apax Partners.
- Blackstone on its acquisition of a majority stake in Luminor Bank from Nordea and DNB.
- H.I.G. Capital on its acquisition of Vernacare.
- Bridgepoint on its acquisition of Fishawack, an independent global healthcare communication group from Lloyds Development Capital.
- WPP on the sale of a 60% stake in Kantar to Bain Capital.
- Apax on the acquisition of surface treatment provider Safetykleen from Warburg Pincus.
- EQT Partners (EQT) on the acquisition of Parcel2Go, a parcel delivery comparison website.
Education
- Law Society Finals, First Class Honours, 1992
- MA (Hons) Classics, Cambridge University, First Class Honours, 1989
Admissions
- Admitted as solicitor, England and Wales, 1994