Stephenson Harwood

Commercial Litigation

Since qualifying in March 2021, Henry's practice has developed to include international arbitration, award enforcement, and commercial disputes, with a particular focus on energy and shareholder disputes, and cases with political dimensions.

Henry has acted for HNW individuals, corporates, and state-owned entities in a variety of disputes before Tribunals and the Courts.  He provides focused, practical legal advice, which reflects clients' commercial and political concerns.

He is an experienced arbitration practitioner, having acted in large number of arbitration matters, under a variety of institutional rules including the LCIA, ICC, and various commodity trading frameworks.  Henry is also an English-qualified solicitor-advocate (Higher Courts Civil), seeks to make oral advocacy part of the services offered to clients, and has been appointed as tribunal secretary in an ICC arbitration.

An important part of Henry's practice also concerns arbitration enforcement matters.  He has successfully represented clients seeking to either enforce, or resist, the enforcement of arbitral awards both in the English Courts and internationally.  He is also particularly experienced in enforcement matters across multiple jurisdictions, involving complex corporate structures and State-owned entities.

Henry enjoys practicing as a disputes' lawyer and helping clients navigate, and successfully resolve, their legal problems.