Stephen Kensell
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Eminent Practitioners : Banking & Finance
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Stephen Kensell is the former Managing Partner of Latham & Watkins’ London office and former Global Vice Chair of the firm’s Banking Practice. He is one of the market’s foremost banking practitioners, with more than 20 years’ experience advising top financial institutions on a broad range of complex financing matters.
Stephen has an outstanding reputation as one of the leading creditor-side lawyers in the London bank finance market. He has vast experience advising clients on a variety of event-driven financings, with particular expertise in leveraged, investment grade M&A, and IPO-related finance.
Over the years, his work on many international and landmark transactions has placed him at the forefront of developments in the banking community.
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Stephen Kensell is the managing partner of the firm’s London office. He remains a go-to for major banks and financial institutions on complex financings.
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"I love working with Stephen at Latham & Watkins, who is an excellent lawyer. We really trust his advice; whenever we have him on a deal we feel very confident we are getting appropriate levels of protection. We are very happy to recommend him and have him on our deals."
"Stephen Kensell is the best leveraged finance guy in the market and the person I call for the most complicated deals. He gets the interesting, complicated or novel matters because he has years of experience; he can read any and all situations to give excellent legal and commercial advice."
"It is always a joy when Stephen is on a transaction for you because you just know that you will get top-quality service."
"I love working with Stephen at Latham & Watkins, who is an excellent lawyer. We really trust his advice; whenever we have him on a deal we feel very confident we are getting appropriate levels of protection. We are very happy to recommend him and have him on our deals."
"Stephen Kensell is the best leveraged finance guy in the market and the person I call for the most complicated deals. He gets the interesting, complicated or novel matters because he has years of experience; he can read any and all situations to give excellent legal and commercial advice."
"It is always a joy when Stephen is on a transaction for you because you just know that you will get top-quality service."
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