Stewarts Law LLP

Commercial and Securities Litigation

Partner

Lorraine specialises in high-value and complex commercial disputes. She has worked on a number of high-profile cases and is known for her strong client focus and deep experience of heavy litigation.

Lorraine is a general commercial disputes lawyer with extensive experience of high-value, high-profile and complex cases acting for both claimants and defendants. Her clients include world leading businesses within a wide range of industries.

She has particular expertise in large group actions, including securities litigation, and commercial fraud as well as banking and financial services disputes, shareholder and partnership disputes, and jurisdiction challenges.

Lorraine’s experience includes:

• Reassure Limited and another v Petrofac Limited: acting for a group of institutional investors in the securities action brought against Petrofac Ltd
• Boettcher v Xio (UK) LLP & Ors: advising on commercial fraud and misrepresentation claim brought in the Commercial Court against a firm and its former partners
• Phones 4U Ltd (in administration) v EE Ltd & Ors: advised on the £1 billion Phones 4U litigation concerning allegations of anti-competitive arrangements by mobile network operators
• Advising world leading online spread-betting and CFD trading company, in relation to various multi-jurisdictional disputes
• Re Core VCTs: acted for the liquidators of three venture capital trusts investigating allegations concerning the former manager and liquidators of the companies
• Acted for 313 institutional investors in the group litigation against RBS regarding its 2008 £12 billion rights issue

Lorraine trained at Ashurst LLP, qualifying in March 2010. She worked in Ashurst’s general commercial litigation team until October 2015, when she joined Stewarts.

Lorraine’s interests include music, dance, reading, yoga, the great outdoors (preferably the North York Moors) and spending time with family and friends. She has a passion for mentoring others within the legal profession, particularly maternity leave returners, and is a member of Stewarts’ parent buddy scheme.