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Stephen Matthews

Stephen is a finance lawyer focussing on frontier and developing markets. He has expertise in debt transactions across a wide range of products, sectors and geographies, including significant experience of financings across Sub-Saharan Africa, having previously been based in Nairobi, Kenya. Stephen advises a wide range of financial institutions and other parties, including bilateral and syndicate bank and non-bank lenders, private creditors, borrowers, guarantors, bond issuers, sponsors, investors, sub-participants, facility agents, security trustees, lead arrangers and underwriters, hedge providers, lessors and development finance organisations. · Keystone Law

EnglandBanking & Finance, Debt Capital Markets

About

Stephen Matthews is a finance lawyer who focuses on frontier and developing markets, with expertise in debt transactions across a wide range of products, sectors and geographies. He has significant experience of financings across Sub‑Saharan Africa (previously based in Nairobi) and advises banks, non‑bank lenders, private creditors, borrowers, guarantors, bond issuers, arrangers and development finance organisations.

Practice areas

Banking & FinanceDebt Capital MarketsEmerging Markets

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Expertise

Debt transactions across multiple products and sectorsFinancings in Sub‑Saharan AfricaAdvising bilateral and syndicate bank and non‑bank lendersAdvising bond issuers, lead arrangers and underwritersWork with development finance organisations and other investors