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Mr Stuart Pickford

Work Department
Litigation & Dispute Resolution
Position
Stuart is a partner in the London office of Mayer Brown’s Litigation & Dispute Resolution practice. He handles a variety of contractual and other commercial disputes in the High Court and in appellate courts.
Stuart’s main focus is on litigation concerning commercial trusts. He is head of the firm’s Pensions Litigation practice in London and advises on a range of contentious pension matters including some of the most significant cases of recent years.
Stuart represents clients in a range of sectors, including the telecoms, energy, utilities, logistics and construction industries, as well as advising on matters involving investment funds, private trusts and sovereign wealth funds.
Lawyer Rankings
London > Employment > Pensions: dispute resolution
Acting for, among other groups, a blend of insurers, and professional service firms, Mayer Brown International LLP’s cross-disciplinary team advises on the full gamut of pensions disputes. The firm has broad experience in handling pensions ombudsman and regulatory investigation cases, in addition to disputes arising from scheme document rectification, investment disputes, governance issues, and insolvency-related disputes. Practice head Andrew Block is skilled across a broad set of contentious regulatory and litigation matters, assisting both trustees and employers. Tim Shepherd regularly defends claims against professional firms and individuals, while Stuart Pickford has vast expertise in governance matters.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Finance > Asset based lending
- Real estate > Commercial property: corporate occupiers
- Real estate > Construction: contentious
Firm Rankings
- Finance > Bank lending: investment grade debt and syndicated loans
- Dispute resolution > Banking litigation: investment and retail
- Real estate > Commercial property: investment
- Finance > Debt capital markets
- Finance > Derivatives and structured products
- Industry focus > Emerging markets
- Investment fund formation and management > Fund finance
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Infrastructure: Project finance and development
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Mining and minerals
- Employment > Pensions (non-contentious)
- Real estate > Property finance
- Finance > Securitisation
- Finance > Trade finance
- Real estate > Commercial property: development
- Real estate > Construction: non-contentious
- Finance > Corporate restructuring & insolvency
- Corporate and commercial > Equity capital markets – small-mid cap
- Corporate and commercial > EU and competition: trade, WTO anti-dumping and customs
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Fintech: corporate and commercial
- Industry focus > Hospitality and leisure
- Insurance > Insurance: corporate and regulatory
- Dispute resolution > International arbitration
- Finance > Islamic finance
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > IT and telecoms
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Oil and gas
- Employment > Pensions: dispute resolution
- Corporate and commercial > Private equity: transactions - mid-market deals (up to £500m)
- Insurance > Product liability: defendant
- Insurance > Professional negligence
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Renewables
- Corporate and commercial > VAT and indirect tax
- Finance > Acquisition finance
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: premium
- Risk advisory > Data protection, privacy and cybersecurity
- Real estate > Environment
- Risk advisory > ESG
- Corporate and commercial > Financial services: contentious
- Corporate and commercial > Financial services: non-contentious/regulatory
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Fintech: regulatory
- Insurance > Insurance and reinsurance litigation
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Media: Film & TV
- Risk advisory > Regulatory investigations and corporate crime (advice to corporates)
- Industry focus > TMT
- Corporate and commercial > Corporate tax
- Employment > Employee share schemes
- Employment > Employers
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Fraud: civil
- Corporate and commercial > EU and competition
- Corporate and commercial > M&A: Upper Mid-Market And Premium Deals, £750m+
- Dispute resolution > Public international law