Steve is Chairman and founding partner at Acuity Law, with over 25 years of top-level experience both in the UK and internationally.

A highly experienced corporate lawyer and dealmaker with a demonstrable track record of advising on numerous high-value M&A transactions, Steve is widely recognised as a leader in his field. He is listed as a leading individual in The Legal 500 and has a Band 1 ranking from Chambers and Partners.

With extensive experience advising on complex, often highly technical and intricate finance structures and partnerships between the private and public sectors, clients describe him as “very good, pragmatic, commercial and doesn’t mess around.”

Steve has board-level experience of working with growth companies from early-stage funding through to exit and has a particular interest in technology-backed ventures.

Advising Swansea.com Holdings Limited (Swansea.com) in connection with its sale of the entire issued share capital of The Original Travel House Limited (Travel House) to Hays Travel Limited

Acting for Quinbrook Infrastructure Partners on its acquisition of the exclusive development rights for one of the UK’s largest battery storage projects from Simec Atlantis Energy Limited (Project Uskmouth) and a subsequent investment round

Advising on the set up, structure and funding of MyPinPad, a leading company in the electronic payments sector, which has raised £20 million+ in finance through several funding rounds

Advising on the establishment of Wealthify, a robo-investment platform and its commercialisation through to a major institutional investment by Aviva

Advising on the acquisition by Neptune 6 of the shares in Newport Wafer Fab (NWF) from Infineon AG, and the associated commercial and finance arrangements. Steve is a non-executive director of NWF and continues to lead the Acuity team supporting NWF as it expands its operations to become a leading player in the international semiconductor sector

Advising Eco2 on a series of developments in the renewable energy sector, including three biomass power station projects involving £100 million+ financings and leading to the sale of the project companies to financial institutions

Advising on the establishment of Verdion Properties LLP and a long-term strategic alliance with the Healthcare of Ontario Pension Plan to create a £1bn+ investment platform for logistics properties throughout Europe

Advising the former shareholders of Swansea City FC on the sale of the club to new US-based owners in a £100 million+ deal

Advising a US-based high-end property developer on the acquisition of the Smallbone of Devizes business out of administration, and the associated commercial and intellectual property arrangements

Advised the shareholders of Business Systems (U.K.) Limited and Opex Hosting Limited on their sale to PE firm August Equity, which saw the founding shareholders rolling up a minority interest in the new private equity ownership structure

Advised the shareholders of Hereford Contract Canning (HCC) Limited on their sale of a majority interest in HCC to Rutland Partners, a private equity investor, known for investing in UK headquartered businesses worth £20 million to £150 million

Advised the shareholders of Tripleplay Services Holdings Limited (Tripleplay) on their sale to Uniguest, a US-based cybersecurity technology solutions business

• Corporate deals and transactions including mergers, acquisitions and disposals
• Private equity-funded transactions and PE-backed buy and build strategies
• Commercial projects and contracts including long-term contracts between the private and public sectors
• Banking and finance structures, including complex and structured arrangements
• Restructuring and distressed situations