Stephenson Harwood

Commercial Litigation

Max is a managing associate at Stephenson Harwood, specialising in insolvency and asset recovery litigation. He supports a diverse range of clients, including insolvency practitioners, financial institutions, and corporates, navigating complex insolvency and asset recovery matters. His experience spans multiple sectors such as real estate, sport, construction, technology and proceeds of crime. 

Max has broad experience across domestic and international contentious insolvency and asset recovery matters, including court-appointed receiverships, High Court litigation and injunctions, contempt applications, cross-border recognition and antecedent transactions. He advises on both corporate and personal insolvency matters, ensuring clients are well-equipped to manage administrations, liquidations, bankruptcies and asset sales particularly with a cross-border dimension. 

He brings clients a unique depth of experience and expertise in relation to court-appointed receiverships in aid of enforcing judgments, managing assets pending litigation and the recovery of the proceeds of crime across multiple jurisdictions. Clients value Max for his strategic insight and pragmatic approach delivering results in high-stakes situations, such as devising global enforcement strategies and managing complex multi-party litigation.