Stephen S. Sypherd serves as General Counsel and Secretary of FS KKR Capital Corp. Mr. Sypherd is a Managing Director and General Counsel at FS Investments. 

Prior to joining FS Investments, Mr. Sypherd served for eight years as an attorney at Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, where he practiced corporate and securities law. 

Mr. Sypherd received his BA cum laude in Economics from Villanova University and his JD cum laude from the Georgetown University Law Center, where he was an executive editor of The Georgetown Law Journal. He has also served as an adjunct professor at Villanova University School of Law.