Stephen Sims

Stephen has been involved in many of the leading fundraisings and transactions in the private capital space during his career. Highlights include:

GP fund formation mandates:

• NextEnergy on its Next Power III and Next Power UK fundraisings
• Broadwell Capital on its fundraisings
• Newstead Capital on its Real Estate Lending Fund
• LetterOne Technology on its $16 billion Technology Fund
• LetterOne Retail on its $3 billion Retail Fund

Advisory Mandates:

• GAM on the suspension and liquidation of its CHF11billion Absolute Return Bond Fund range

Stephen Sims is a partner in King & Spalding's London office and a member of the firm's investment funds and asset management practice. He has extensive experience with private fund formation, fund manager M&A and secondary transactions, and LP and family office fund advisory mandates.

Stephen is a past chair of the IBA’s Private Funds Committee, served as original contributing editor of the International Comparative Law Guide to Alternative Investment Funds and has won a number of industry accolades over the years including Financial News’ 40 under 40 for Legal Services.