Stephen is a commercial solicitor with a particular interest in Town & Country Planning matters as well as the environment and climate change issues following his LLM degree in Climate Change Law and Policy.

His commercial property expertise spans the full spectrum of property legal work and he has advised on all aspects of the acquisition and disposal of both freehold and leasehold property on behalf of a number of major retail companies, nursing home operators and a Russell Group university. He has also acted on behalf of several telecommunications operators, having been responsible for the acquisition of over 4,000 radio base stations. Stephen has conducted a number of major planning inquiries, acting on behalf of both retail and telecommunications clients.

In addition, Stephen has authored a chapter on property issues for a textbook on telecommunications law and is a contributor to the press. He has also lectured at a number of in-house client seminars.