Stephen Thierbach

Stephen is a US-qualified partner with a focus on advising issuers and underwriters on multi-jurisdiction offerings of equity, equity-related and debt securities. He has a wide geographical reach having advised on significant capital markets transactions in most major financial centres as well as in many of the developing markets.

Before joining Herbert Smith in 2010, Stephen practiced US securities law at a major international law firm, where he established and was head of its US securities practice for five years.



Credentials

• Belgacom on its US$4.3 billion IPO
• Rio Tinto plc and Rio Tinto Limited on their US$15.2 billion rights issue
• BNP Paribas, HSBC, Morgan Stanley, Mitsubishi and Standard Chartered on TAQA's issue of US$1 billion 4.75% notes, due 2014 and US$500 million 6.25% notes due 2019
• Renewable Energy Corporation ASA on its £500 million rights issue
• Merrill Lynch, UBS and Lazard on Segro's £500 million rights issue
• Rio Tinto Finance on its US$2 billion 8.95% notes due 2014 and US$1.5 billion 9.00% notes due 2019
• Centrica on its £2.2 billion rights issue
• AB InBev on its £6.3 billion rights issue
• Deutsche Bank, J.P. Morgan Cazenove and J. P. Morgan Securities on Xstrata's £4.1 billion rights issue