Steven Baker > Proskauer Rose LLP > London, England > Lawyer Profile

Proskauer Rose LLP
8 Bishopsgate
LONDON
EC2N 4BQ
England
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Work Department

Litigation

Position

Steven is a commercial lawyer who has a broad practice in international and domestic dispute resolution. He helps clients in English higher court proceedings and overseas.

Steven also has a large international arbitration practice with experience of a wide range of arbitral institutions, including HKIAC, ICC, LCIA, LMAA, UNCITRAL and SIAC.

Steven lectures on dispute resolution-related matters, including on the M. Sc. Major Projects course at Said Business School, University of Oxford. He is also the co-author of a leading publication on technology disputes entitled, “IT Contracts and Dispute Management: A Practitioner’s Guide to the Project Lifecycle”, a second edition having been commissioned.

Over the past 30 years, Steven has been heavily involved in advising upon and resolving disputes in the technology, communications, defence, financial services and energy sectors.

Steven is also the co-author of a leading text on technology and outsourcing disputes (a 2nd edition now having been commissioned and due to be published in July 2023): IT Contracts and Dispute Management: A Practitioner’s Guide to the Project Lifecycle, published in March 2018 (Edward Elgar Publishing, ISBN: 9781784710118).

Lawyer Rankings

London > Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: premium

Asset managers regularly call on Proskauer Rose LLP for representation in commercial litigation, from defamation claims to joint venture disputes. ‘Hugely experienced’ practice head Dorothy Murray is an expert in shareholder disputes and unfair prejudice and contractual claims. Murray leads the team alongside ‘outstanding litigator’ Steven Baker, who also boasts an active international arbitration practice. Julia Bihary regularly handles contractual, shareholder, professional negligence disputes, while Charles Bishop represents clients across the asset-management, technology and fund spaces.