Stephenson Harwood LLC

Stephenson Harwood LLC is an international law firm founded in 1828, advising listed and private companies, institutions and individuals on corporate, commercial and cross-border matters. Headquartered at 1 Finsbury Circus in London, the firm operates 11 offices across Europe, the Middle East and Asia and serves clients in over 100 countries. It employs more than 1,500 people, including 250+ partners, and is ranked in tier one by Chambers and Partners and Legal 500.

For private capital participants, the firm's Private Capital and Funds practice provides the core platform, covering fund structuring, transactions and the legal workstreams that underpin portfolio governance and exit execution. Adjacent sector practices - Energy Transition and Infrastructure, Life Sciences and Healthcare, Technology, and Transportation and Trade - align legal coverage with the deal pipelines common to mid-market and large-cap sponsors across the firm's sector verticals.

Cross-border capability is a structural feature of the model. The firm blends local knowledge across its office network with ties to high-quality law firms worldwide, supporting multi-jurisdictional transactions from origination through completion. Its stated approach, "positive partnerships", frames client engagement around deep legal capability combined with commercial expertise - the mix that sponsors typically require when evaluating counsel for value creation, regulatory navigation and exit readiness.