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Stewart Worthy

Partner

London P +44 (0)20 7031 3713

Overview

STEWART HAS EXTENSIVE EXPERIENCE IN BOTH CAPITAL MARKETS TRANSACTIONS AND PRIVATE MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS.

Stewart’s practice focuses on complex cross-border transactions, with a particular focus on US and APAC in-bound UK investments and English law deals in Central & Eastern Europe and Africa.

Stewart has a broad corporate and finance practice advising clients on acquisitions and disposals, joint ventures, international securities offerings, strategic alliances, complex restructurings and other commercial transactions.

Stewart’s clients include companies in a wide variety of sectors, including real estate, automotive, packaging, manufacturing, retail, hospitality, clean technology, mining and oil and gas.

Stewart has been recognized as a ‘notable practitioner’ in the IFLR 1000 and described in The Legal 500 as a ‘great deal captain’ having ‘technical expertise coupled with an easy-going personality’ and being ‘great to work with’.

Education & Admissions

College of Law, Guildford (Legal Practice Course, 2004), Distinction

College of Law, Guildford (Post Graduate Diploma in Law, 2003), Distinction

University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne (B.A., History, 2002), 2:1

Admissions

England

Languages

English

Experience

Representative Experience

Represented a HK asset manager on its investment in a large UK real estate development company.
Represented Hony Capital on the £1bn restructuring of Pizza Express Group, including the carve-out sale of the Asia business.
Represented the Ghanaian local partner on the sell-down of its interest in the Tema LNG project to African Infrastructure Investment Managers.
Represented private equity firm, CapDesia Group, on its equity investment in Japanese fast food restaurant chain, Wasabi Sushi & Bento.
Represented a PRC family office on a group reorganization and various divestments in the hospitality sector.
Represented sport-focused investment firm, GACP Sports, on its acquisition of Bordeaux Football Club.
Represented US based private equity firm, Argand Partners, on its acquisition of Oase (a water gardens and pump business).
Represented Yioula Glassworks’ in the €500m sale of its glass manufacturing operation in Greece, Serbia, Bulgaria and Romania.
Represented Nigerian company, SEPLAT Petroleum Development Company Plc, in its first of a kind IPO on the London and Lagos stock exchanges.
Represented a Ukrainian energy company in connection with its US$115 million acquisition of two power generation plants and power infrastructure assets in Ukraine from a major US energy company.
Represented a Nigerian independent exploration and production company in several acquisitions of oil mining lease interests in the Niger Delta from various international oil companies, including Shell, Chevron, TOTAL and ENI.
Represented an Australian listed insurance company in its acquisition of a UK online insurance company.
Represented an offshore investment group in the sale of certain oil and gas assets located in Russia.
Represented a major US outsourcing company on its acquisition of Remploy from the UK Government (Department for Work and Pensions).
Represented US automotive parts manufacturer on its acquisition of certain UK and Canadian business and assets from Federal Mogul.
Represented a German environmental solutions company on its acquisition of certain UK business and assets from DHL Supply Chain.
Represented a major Russian mining and steel company in its US$800 million Eurobond issuance on the Irish Stock Exchange.