Stephen Peppiatt
Senior Counsel
stephen.peppiatt@akingump.com
Areas of Focus
- Corporate & Finance
- Special Situations
- Institutional Private Placements
- Financial Restructuring
- Litigation Finance
- Leveraged Finance
- Energy & Infrastructure
- Projects & Energy Transition
- Private Capital
Biography
- Finance lawyer with significant experience advising lenders in relation to domestic and international financings.
- Advises financial institutions in relation to debt restructurings, as well as derivatives and other financial instruments.
Representative Work
Stephen’s recent engagements include:
- Representing an ad hoc committee of unsecured creditors in the proposed financial restructuring of US$3.5 billion debt issued by Noble Group Limited, an SGX-listed Asia commodities supply chain and trading group.
- Advising Nordic Trustee in connection with the financial restructuring of a US$135 million Norwegian high-yield bond issuance made by Xcite Energy Resources Plc (now known as Whalsay Energy Limited), an exploration and production company with oil-field interests in the North Sea.
- Advising the lenders on a US$175 million financing for EnQuest.
- Advising the lenders on acquisition financings for several football clubs.
- Advising the institutional investors in private placements by a number of Oxbridge colleges and other higher-education institutions, including Keele University and the London Business School.
EducationLL.B., University of Bristol, 1983
LL.B., University of Bristol, 1983
Bar AdmissionsSolicitor, England and Wales
Solicitor, England and Wales
Recognitions
- IFLR 1000 UK, Capital Markets: Derivatives and Financial Restructuring.
- Best Lawyers UK, Banking & Finance Law and Projects.
- The Legal 500 UK, Bank Lending: Investment Grade Debt and Syndicated Loans; Debt Capital Markets.
Speeches and Publications
- “Exploring European Bonds, Loans and Covenants,” Podcast, London, May 2020.
