Stephen Lucas
UK Guide 2025
Eminent Practitioners : Banking & Finance: Big-Ticket
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Practice Areas
Stephen is a finance partner in the London office and a member of the Firm’s Executive Committee. He has worked in the debt markets for over 25 years, advising on leveraged and other structured finance including recaps, bank/bond financings, distressed financings, margin loans, ABLs and other asset-backed financings.
Stephen has acted on deals involving many of the major private equity sponsors active in Europe including Advent International, Apax, Bain Capital, Blackstone, Cinven, CVC, Hellman & Friedman, KKR, Lion Capital, Pamplona, Partners Group and Permira as well as credit funds including Ares Capital, Bain Capital Credit, Centerbridge, Goldentree, KKR Credit, Oaktree Capital and Park Square.
Career
2014 to present Kirkland & Ellis International LLP; 2011-2014 Weil, Gotshal & Manges; 2003-2011 Linklaters; 1992-2003 Clifford Chance
Professional Memberships
Law Society of England & Wales
Chambers Review
UK
Stephen Lucas acts as a member of Kirkland's executive committee. He maintains an excellent reputation for his expert representation of sponsors in structured and leveraged finance matters. He is regarded as a go-to for major private equity houses to advise on complex matters.
Strengths
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"Stephen is amazing. He continues to be one if not the best legal professional out there doing leveraged finance."
"Stephen is amazing. He continues to be one if not the best legal professional out there doing leveraged finance."
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