‘Outstanding outfit’ Stewarts Law LLP acts on some of the highest profile disputes in the UK, including leading international fraud claims and investigations, IT disputes, and financial services litigation. Members of the practice work closely with the firm’s highly regarded competition litigation team, and act for a number of blue-chip clients. Team head Mo Bhaskaran has ’excellent strategic judgment’, and yields extensive experience acting on multi-jurisdictional fraud matters. Nick Haworth is key to the practice, along with Martin Walsh, specialising in high-value disputes in the IT, telecoms, and finance sectors. Ed Holmes and Andrew Robson are also noted.
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‘Mo Bhaskaran has excellent strategic judgment. Martin Walsh - very talented legal mind and a pleasure to deal with.’
‘Stewarts are an outstanding outfit. I have been working with a team led by a Leeds based partner. The team combines exceptional judgment, direction and client handling provided by the partner, with a hardworking team of associates who get to grips with the details of the case (which happens to be highly technical).’
‘Martin Walsh - exceptional judgment, direction and client handling.'
‘The team is led by Mo Bhaskaran. Surrounded by real pressure he always appears calm, confident and reassuring. He also listens to and accepts the advice of others - an important and not always common trait. Mo is very ably assisted by partners Nick Haworth and Martin Walsh. All three clearly get on well together and are a formidable team.’
‘Excellent partner quality with a commercial approach to litigation.’
'A dedicated team that goes above and beyond with clients. Seamless integration between different parts of the team.'
'Mo Bhaskaran and Nick Haworth. Both get the best from their team and are diligent in their understanding of the minutiae of the case.'
Mo Bhaskaran leads the time with great skill and nous. Martin Walsh is also excellent - a very clear thinker and analyser. Altogether they make an excellent team, together with Nick Haworth.'
'Very hardworking and responsive team.'
'Excellent lawyers, first and foremost. Very commercial and capable of dealing with the largest and most complex of claims.'
Key clients
- Kyndryl
- Public Institution for Social Security (Kuwait)
Work highlights
Acted for Kyndryl in relation to urgent Part 8 proceedings commenced by Capita Business Services Limited against IBM United Kingdom Limited (IBM).
Acting for the Public Institution for Social Security, Kuwait in a claim against the estate of its former Director General and multiple accessory defendants regarding alleged bribery, quantified in excess of circa $2bn including interest.
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Practice head
Mo Bhaskaran
Other key lawyers
Nick Haworth; Martin Walsh; Ed Holmes; Andrew Robson