Dispute resolution
Praised for its ‘excellent practice in class actions and litigation’, Stewarts Law LLP is highly capable acting for both for and against leading corporates on high-value, complex disputes. Mo Bhaskaran and Lucy Ward head the team; Ward, in particular, is noted for leading on high-profile securities litigation. Lorraine Lanceley is experienced in both claimant and defendant-side work, while the ’very reliable’ Elaina Bailes has vast fraud expertise. Zachary Sananes, who works closely with litigation funders, acts on breach of warranty and fraud claims, while Martin Walsh focuses on IT and telecoms matters, as well as public sector outsourcings.
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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
Career
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.
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Testimonials
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‘Very friendly team; easy to work with and commercial in approach; hard working with an excellent team of associates.’
‘Alex Jay - great commercial and insolvency expertise and perspective. Elaina Bailes - diligent and hard working; keeps her eye on the best outcome for the client. Joe Mitchell - one of the best associates in the market; just promoted to partnership. Knows the papers inside out.’
‘Broadly acknowledged as a market leader, Stewarts has an excellent practice in class actions and litigation.’
‘Keith Thomas is a highly experienced partner with a great strategic sense. Harry McGowan has an incredible grasp of the detail, both factual and legal. Elaina Bailes is a formidable partner driving forward the case in the most effective way day-to-day. Joe Mitchell has a calm and focussed style which yields great results in an efficient manner. ’
‘Extremely professional, able to filter and distill relevant information and position to the client, guiding relatively effortlessly through the difficult process of litigation.'
Patient and polite with outstanding customer service and realistic advice throughout.’‘Elaina Bailes - very reliable in terms of legal advice and has offered excellent strategic advice. Responds quickly to emails, easy to reach, and holds together a great team. She has made navigating a very difficult situation for litigation-naive clients relatively very easy.'
Matt Caples - Excellent customer service and explains nuances of litigation very well, easy to reach.’
Key clients
- Group action v Petrofac Limited Ronan Dunne (Former CEO of O2) Group action v Glencore Shapoorji Pallonji Mideast LLC A group of shareholders v Buddi Limited and Big Technologies plc Kyndryl Inner Mongolia Happy Lamb Catering Management Company Limited and others Mr Antonio Jorge Rodrigues Jeni Stubbs VEL Ltd and Robert Dangoor Group action v Petrofac Limited Ronan Dunne (Former CEO of O2) Group action v Glencore Shapoorji Pallonji Mideast LLC A group of shareholders v Buddi Limited and Big Technologies plc Kyndryl Inner Mongolia Happy Lamb Catering Management Company Limited and others Mr Antonio Jorge Rodrigues Jeni Stubbs VEL Ltd and Robert Dangoor Group action v Petrofac Limited Ronan Dunne (Former CEO of O2) Group action v Glencore Shapoorji Pallonji Mideast LLC A group of shareholders v Buddi Limited and Big Technologies plc Kyndryl Inner Mongolia Happy Lamb Catering Management Company Limited and others Mr Antonio Jorge Rodrigues Jeni Stubbs VEL Ltd and Robert Dangoor
Work highlights
Acting on group claims against Glencore, one of the largest pieces of securities litigation that have been brought before the English courts. Together, the claims are valued at nearly £3bn. Acting for 33 claimants (with claims valued at c. £1bn).