Alan Bercow > Stephenson Harwood > London, England > Lawyer Profile

Stephenson Harwood
1 FINSBURY CIRCUS
LONDON
EC2M 7SH
England

Work Department

Commercial litigation.

Position

Co-head of our market-leading fraud and asset recovery team, Alan Bercow is “technically adept” and  is “all over the detail – clients trust him because they know that he knows everything about their case” (Chambers UK 2021). He advises clients, including major corporates and high net worth individuals, in relation to litigating disputes as well as tracing and recovering assets across multiple jurisdictions. Alan’s practice is international and The Legal 500 praises Alan, saying he “is particularly experienced in cases involving Russia and the CIS”.

Alan acts on a broad range of corporate and commercial disputes, which have included some of the largest cases before the English courts. His clients include companies, directors, high net worth individuals and insolvency practitioners. Alan has extensive experience of parallel, multi-jurisdictional cases involving Russia and the CIS, and also offshore jurisdictions such as BVI, the Cayman Islands, Cyprus and the Isle of Man.

Alan co-heads our market-leading fraud team, which is ranked in tier 1 by The Legal 500. He has significant experience of high value, complex fraud and asset recovery claims, often involving freezing orders, disclosure orders, anti-suit injunctions and gagging orders. He is listed as a leading individual by both The Legal 500 and Chambers UK.

Alan has significant experience of cases involving insolvency. He has acted for and against insolvency practitioners, both in the UK and abroad. He also advises regularly on directors’ duties

Lawyer Rankings

London > Crime, fraud and licensing > Fraud: civil

(Leading individuals)

Alan BercowStephenson Harwood

Stephenson Harwood is distinctly well-versed in multinational disputes, including those pertaining to emerging market, with members of the civil fraud team being commended as ‘specialists in fraud and asset tracing with a solid grounding in commercial litigation‘. ‘Market leaderRos Prince co-heads the team and is acclaimed as an expert in cross-border asset recovery, meanwhile Alan Bercow, the practice’s other lead and ‘a senior statesman in this area‘, is relied upon for all-manner of proceedings, acting for both major corporates and high-net-worth individuals; the duo are supported by ‘class actPriya Grigoriadis who made partner in May 2023 and has developed a track record in freezing, search and disclosure order matters.