Hugo Stephens

His experience includes corporate, constitutional and governance matters for housing associations. This leads him to work across group structures, reorganisations, mergers and demergers, transfers of engagement and amalgamations. Hugo has also advised on the formation of new housing associations, both not-for-profit and for-profit, and their registration with the Regulator of Social Housing, and subsequent relationship and working arrangements with this body. He also provides training for boards and staff on a wide range of issues, from board members’ duties and liabilities to anti-money laundering regulations.

In terms of finance work, Hugo covers capital markets financings, including public bond issues and private placements, bilateral and syndicated loan debt facilities, development funding, intragroup loans, structured finance and derivatives. He works on the creation of security trusts and the amendment of existing security trust arrangements to reflect new borrowing requirements.

Over the years, Hugo has led teams on a range of major projects including joint ventures, large scale voluntary transfers, arms-length management organisations, private finance initiative project restructures, group structures and mergers and demergers.