Stephen Mathews
Partner
London
Stephen Mathews
Partner
London
Contact Details
Stephen has experience in a wide range of commercial and corporate finance transactions, including mergers and acquisitions, transactions involving financial institutions, joint ventures, restructurings and transactions involving partnerships and LLPs.
He frequently advises on cross-border as well as UK-based transactions and has also spent 18 months on secondment to Allen & Overy's Tokyo office.
Stephen has particular expertise in relation to:
mergers, acquisitions and joint ventures;
transactions involving financial institutions, including asset managers, insurance companies and banks;
transactions involving partnerships and LLPs; and
the corporate/equity aspects of restructurings.
Qualifications
Professional
Academic
MA, Modern History, Worcester College, Oxford University, 1994
CPE, The College Of Law, London, 1995
LPC, The College Of Law, London, 1996
Related articles
News: 27 January 2022
Acquisition of River and Mercantile Group by AssetCo – A&O advising RMG
Allen & Overy is advising River and Mercantile Group PLC (RMG) on the recommended all share offer from AssetCo plc to acquire the entire issued and to be issued ordinary share capital of RMG.
Publications: 13 December 2021
HM treasury consultation: Amendments to the Building Societies Act 1986
News: 28 October 2021
A&O advising River and Mercantile Group plc on the sale of its UK Solutions business
News: 30 March 2021
A&O advises on restructuring of Premier Oil and its merger with Chrysaor
Qualifications
Professional
Academic
MA, Modern History, Worcester College, Oxford University, 1994
CPE, The College Of Law, London, 1995
LPC, The College Of Law, London, 1996
Experience highlights
Quilter plc (formerly Old Mutual Wealth Management Limited) on (i) its demerger from the Old Mutual Group and its listing and IPO on the London Stock Exchange and Johannesburg Stock Exchange, (ii) the GBP445m disposal of Old Mutual Wealth Life Assurance Limited to ReAssure, (iii) the GBP580m disposal of its single strategy asset management business to TA Associates and management and (iv) the GBP585m acquisition of Quilter Cheviot from Bridgepoint and other shareholders including management.
NEC Corporation, a Japanese and global leading IT service provider listed on Tokyo Stock Exchange, on its acquisition of UK-based IT services company, Northgate Public Services Limited, for GBP475m from Cinven and other shareholders including management.
Ontario Teachers Pensions Plan, Caisse de Depot et Placement du Quebec and management on their USD875m sale of insurance company Catalina Holdings to funds managed by Apollo.
Corporate aspects of a number of major restructurings, including Interserve (for the senior lenders), Co-op Bank (for Co-op Group), Premier Oil (for the senior lenders), Stemcor (for the senior lenders), PHS Group (for the company) and Autobar Group (for the company).
Published work
Contributor to "A Practitioner's Guide to the Financial Services Authority"
Listing Regime 2007/8, 2008/9 and 2009/10 editions
