About Me

Steven is an internationally experienced lawyer, private capital professional and investor with more than 25 years of experience across Europe, North America and emerging markets.

His career sits at the intersection of law, investment and international capital. He has worked across private equity, alternative investments, cross-border transactions, wealth management, taxation and investment migration, with a particular focus on the changing relationship between capital, people and jurisdictions.

He is a founding Principal of Saratoga Capital Partners, an alternative investment and private capital group, and is also involved in the management of regulated alternative investment structures through Saratoga Capital Management Ltd., a Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission authorised and regulated Alternative Investment Fund Manager (AIFM). His career has also included venture capital and advisory work.

He holds an LL.M. from Harvard Law School, where he was a Fulbright Scholar, and an LL.B. and Honours B.A. from the University of Toronto. He is admitted to practice in California, Ontario, England & Wales, Romania and Cyprus, and holds the Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission Advanced Certificate.

A Perspective on Capital and Wealth

StevenPepa.com is his personal platform for examining the forces shaping private capital, wealth, taxation, investment and international mobility.

His writing focuses particularly on how investors, entrepreneurs and families respond to changing tax regimes, regulation, investment opportunities and the growing competition between jurisdictions for capital and talent.

The underlying theme is simple:

Where is capital going — where is wealth going — and why?