Stephen J. Double
Partner

Overview
Stephen J. Double is a financial and corporate transactions attorney in Holland & Knight's New York City office and a member of the firm's Financial Services Team. Mr. Double regularly represents a wide range of lenders and underwriters, as well as corporate and financial institution issuers and borrowers, on cross-border and domestic capital markets, syndicated lending, acquisition finance, structured finance, project bond and trade finance transactions.
Mr. Double advises on cross-border and domestic corporate issues and on a variety of debt (senior, subordinated and high-yield), equity and equity-linked securities offerings, as well as project bonds and structured finance and securitization transactions, by issuers in the financial services, oil and gas, software, energy, media, transportation and infrastructure, agribusiness and other sectors, as well as sovereign and quasi-sovereign issuers. He frequently advises on securities offerings made pursuant to Rule 144A and Regulation S, as well as private placement transactions made to sophisticated investors pursuant to Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act. Mr. Double also has extensive experience representing foreign private issuers with respect to their periodic U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) reporting requirements.
In addition, Mr. Double advises bank and fund lenders, as well as corporate and financial institution borrowers, on cross-border and domestic syndicated lending, acquisition finance, structured finance and trade finance transactions. Many of the transactions on which he advises include collateral packages both within and outside of the U.S.
Mr. Double has extensive experience in the area of Environmental, Social and Corporate Governance (ESG) financings, including International Capital Market Association (ICMA)-compliant green bonds as well as sustainability-linked debt products. One of his recent ESG finance transactions was awarded "Financing Innovation of the Year" by Latin Finance Magazine in 2020 as the first sustainability-linked loan transaction by a Latin American company.
Mr. Double also advises clients on private merger and acquisition (M&A) transactions, primarily in Latin America.
In Chambers Latin America – Latin America's Leading Lawyers for Business guide 2022, one client appraisal called Mr. Double "very savvy," and also noted that "he is very easy to work with and is always on top of the deal."
Prior to joining Holland & Knight, Mr. Double practiced at another international law firm and was based in New York and São Paulo, having also previously practiced in London.
Representative Experience
Credentials
- Georgetown University Law Center, J.D.
- Dartmouth College, B.A., magna cum laude
- New York
- Massachusetts
- Chambers Global – The World's Leading Lawyers for Business guide, Capital Markets: Latin America-wide (Experts Based Abroad), 2011-2018, 2020; Capital Markets: Debt & Equity (Foreign Experts) USA; Capital Markets: Securitization (Foreign Experts) USA, 2012-2017; Banking & Finance: Latin America-wide (Expert Based Abroad), 2017-2025; Banking & Finance: USA (Foreign Expert), 2017, 2023-2025
- Chambers Latin America – Latin America's Leading Lawyers for Business guide, Capital Markets, 2012-2021, Banking and Finance, 2016-2024
- The Legal 500 Latin America, Banking and Finance, 2012, 2013, 2016-2019, 2025; Capital Markets, 2012, 2013, 2017-2019
- IFLR1000, The Guide to the World's Leading Financial Law Firms, Notable Practitioner, Capital Markets: Debt, Capital Markets: Equity, 2019, 2020, 2023, 2024
- Holland & Knight Pro Bono All-Star, 2021
- Latin American Corporate Counsel Association (LACCA) Approved Attorney, Corporate/M&A, USA, 2016-2020
- Rising Star: Structured Finance and Securitization, Expert Guides, 2018
- Latinvex, Latin America's Top 100 Lawyers, 2017-2019, 2024
- Guide to the World's Leading Lawyers, Legal Media Group's Expert Guides, Rising Star, 2015
- The Legal 500 USA, Capital Markets: Global Offerings, 2013
- English
- Spanish
- Portuguese