Steven is a hands-on business lawyer, specialising in all aspects of Oil & Gas contracts as well as Mergers & Acquisitions, Joint Ventures, Commercial contracts, Information Technology and Private Equity/Venture Capital in the UK and across the CEE and SEE regions.

Steven provides a pragmatic and solutions-driven transaction and advisory service for clients across a range of industries with a particular focus on delivering success on time and within budget, and always within a relevant commercial context. Steven regularly manages a multi-disciplinary range of professionals to execute domestic and cross-border transactions as well as designing and implementing optimised corporate structures for international clients.

Steven began his career in 1992 with a London City firm where he was involved with a broad range of business law issues, with a particular emphasis on private and public companies seeking to raise finance. He also gained experience in the acquisition of new science/biotechnology via spin out companies from NHS hospitals, research institutions and universities. In 1997 Steven set up his own boutique corporate law practice which he has since expanded to assist clients in and from the CEE and SEE regions, providing them with the benefit of his broad depth of legal and business experience. He has an excellent track-record and reputation gained from undertaking a significant number of investments, M&A transactions and Oil & Gas projects for a range of clients.

Steven has been a director of several client and independent companies, gaining first-hand experience of business life, but he also undertakes a number of social and charitable pro bono activities. He is currently the chairman of the Supervisory Board of a Hungarian registered charity, the Robert Burns International Foundation.