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Stephen Moverley Smith KC specialises in litigation and arbitration in the fields of commercial, company, trusts and business law. Clients refer to him as “as astute as they come, excellent with clients and has a reassuring manner”.

With a background of high profile work for the DTI and Inland Revenue as junior counsel to the Crown (Chancery) prior to taking silk, Stephen has an extensive practice in the fields of hostile corporate and trust litigation, insolvency, civil fraud and joint venture disputes (in both a corporate and partnership context), often for private clients.

Stephen has practiced in the regulatory field for many years and was appointed a Joint Inspector by the DTI (now BERR) to investigate allegations of market abuse. His on-going regulatory work includes cases is in the area of collective Investment schemes and land banking.

Stephen has an extensive offshore practice, particularly in the British Virgin Islands and Cayman Islands. He is regularly involved in multi-jurisdictional disputes, advising on global strategy, interim remedies, conflicts of law and asset recovery and appearing before courts and arbitral tribunals in a wide variety of jurisdictions.

Called 1985, Middle Temple; junior counsel to the Crown, Chancery; called to the Bar of the Eastern Caribbean; Queens Counsel 2002.

Bar of the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court

Bar of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

Chancery Bar Association

COMBAR

European Circuit

Insolvency Lawyers Association

Pembroke College Oxford (MA)