Stephen Brown, Partner Private Equity, Executive Compensation

Stephen M. Brown

Partner

Areas of Focus

Stephen Brown, Partner Private Equity, Executive Compensation

Stephen M. Brown

Partner

stephen.brown@akingump.com

Areas of Focus

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Biography
  • Private equity lawyer with particular experience in the “people” aspects of transactions.
  • Significant experience advising on UK and international executive employment law and the structuring of share incentives and management equity arrangements for UK and international businesses.
  • Advises private equity investors and public and private companies in the U.K. and internationally. 

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.

Representative Work
  • Carlyle - Advising Carlyle in relation to the incentive arrangements for its investment, alongside GIC, in Eneus Energy, a green ammonia project development company
  • Carlyle – Developing the Management Incentive Plan for the US$10 billion acquisition of the specialty chemicals business of AkzoNobel.
  • Carlyle – Advising Carlyle on the structuring and implementation of the management incentive arrangements for its investment in the $9.5 billion redevelopment of JFK Terminal 1
  • Carlyle - Advising Carlyle on the re-structuring of the management equity arrangements relating to its investment in South American up-stream energy assets led by former BP CEO Tony Hayward.
  • Carlyle - Advising Carlyle on the employment arrangements in relation to its acquisition of trans-Atlantic bio-science investment firm, Abingworth LLP
  • VIP II Blue B.V – Advising VIP II Blue B.V, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Vitol Investment Partnership II Ltd (VIP II), in relation to its $2.3 billion takeover of Vivo Energy Plc.
  • TI Automotive PLC – Advising on the introduction of appropriate share incentive and remuneration arrangements for the US based C-suite team for the IPO on the London Stock Exchange.
  • LivaNova PLC – Advising on the share incentive, remuneration and employment arrangements on the merger and then IPO of legacy US and Italian entities.
  • UK/US portfolio company – Structuring and drafting the corporate documents to implement a management equity structure for US and UK-based managers that would be taxed as profits interests in the US and growth shares in the UK.

Education
  • DLP, University of Edinburgh, 1992

  • LL.B., University of Edinburgh, 1991

Bar Admissions
  • Law Society of Scotland (non-practising)

  • Solicitor, England and Wales

Recognitions
  • The Legal 500 UK, Corporate Tax, Private Equity: Mid-market Deals.
Affiliations and Public Service
  • Meyler Campbell accredited business coach.

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