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Provided by Steven Franklin
Steven is a dual English and Hong Kong qualified corporate lawyer with a practice focused on shareholder activism, cross-border private and public transactions, capital solutions and corporate insolvency and restructurings. He has over 15 years of experience advising a wide range of investment funds and consortiums on structuring, acquisition, and disposal of equity, equity-linked and debt investments across Europe and APAC.
As a core part of his practice, Steven leads shareholder activism engagements for some of the most prolific and well-known investors in the market, covering stake-building, position disclosures and reporting obligations, trading and exit strategies, private and public proposals, company engagement and shareholder rights. He also advises on the transactional elements of high-profile activist campaigns across Europe and Asia. These investments, which have included various landmark activist situations in the UK, Japan, Hong Kong, Australia and South Korea, span high-profile event and target-driven public campaigns to non-public arbitrage trades where Steven provides advice to clients in respect of both legal and strategic issues concerning their equity investments.
L.P.C., Nottingham Law School, England (2009)
LL.B., University of London (2008)
Provided by Chambers
Steven Franklin is a corporate-focused partner with significant experience of shareholder activism in both Europe and Asia. He has extensive experience of helping activists invest in companies listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange. He regularly advises clients on engagement strategy, navigating corporate restructurings and share buybacks.
Provided by Chambers
Steven stands atop everything related to global funds activism in connection with Asian companies, from regulatory, practical, to commercial aspects, which enables him to provide integrated advice.
Steven is a consistent and excellent performer with deep understanding of what we do. He always exceeds expectations in terms of quality of work, depth, and speed of execution.
Steven exhibits a combination of technical legal skills, commercial acumen and the ability to manage large-scale matters across multiple jurisdictions.
Steven's mastery of corporate law across jurisdictions melds with clear-cut analysis to deliver nothing short of commercial gold to clients.
Steven is the best in class; a strategic thinker and valued partner. He is one of the most trusted legal advisers. I would highly recommend Steven for any campaigns in Asia.
Steven stands atop everything related to global funds activism in connection with Asian companies, from regulatory, practical, to commercial aspects, which enables him to provide integrated advice.
Steven is a consistent and excellent performer with deep understanding of what we do. He always exceeds expectations in terms of quality of work, depth, and speed of execution.
Steven exhibits a combination of technical legal skills, commercial acumen and the ability to manage large-scale matters across multiple jurisdictions.
Steven's mastery of corporate law across jurisdictions melds with clear-cut analysis to deliver nothing short of commercial gold to clients.
Steven is the best in class; a strategic thinker and valued partner. He is one of the most trusted legal advisers. I would highly recommend Steven for any campaigns in Asia.