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Stephen von Schirnding is an Executive at ENS in the Banking and Finance practice.

He specialises in debt capital markets (including securitisation), general debt finance, private equity, as well as banking and securities law.

Stephen has acted for most of the major South African and international banks and financial institutions, state owned companies, the National Treasury and listed and unlisted corporates, both on and offshore.

Stephen’s experience of over 30 years includes advising on various high profile (listed and unlisted, on and offshore) DMTN programmes, securitisations, asset-backed note structures, repackaging note programmes, debenture funding transactions and various other diverse structured finance transactions, distressed debt restructuring and creditor work-out transactions, sustainability-linked funding, syndicated and bilateral loan funding transactions and private equity transactions.

Stephen is recognised as a leading/recommended lawyer by:

• IFLR1000 Financial and Corporate Guide; Capital markets: Debt, Capital markets: Structured finance and securitisation, Banking and Finance – 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015;  Banking and Finance – 2023 – (South Africa)
• Chambers Global Guide 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015 – Capital Markets: Debt (South Africa)
• The Legal 500 Guide 2023, 2016 – Banking and Finance (South Africa)
• Best Lawyers® 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016 – Banking and Finance Law, Structured Finance Law; 2023, 2022 - Capital Markets Law (South Africa)