Stephen is a highly experienced commercial litigation specialist with 30+ years experience, whose work includes contractual and company disputes, fraud, and banking and financial disputes. His work very often has an international element and typically is complex and high value in nature. He is skilled in managing teams of lawyers and experienced in the strategy and tactics that inevitably accompany disputes work.
Stephen adopts a commercial approach, aiming where possible to bring disputes to an end in a way that is acceptable to the client and at the lowest cost.
Stephen is a member of the Commercial Litigation Association, the Fides Network Group, the Financial Services Lawyers Association, the Fraud Advisory Panel, the International Bar Association and the London Solicitors Litigation Association.
Stephen has been recognised by The Lawyer magazine as a “Hot 100” lawyer for litigation.
Stephen often travels on business, usually in Europe. Stephen has a genuine desire to help clients with their problems and to try to resolve them preferably without litigation but recognising that litigation may be the only means towards the required end.