‘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).’
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).
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Practice head
Mo Bhaskaran
Other key lawyers
Nick Haworth; Martin Walsh; Ed Holmes; Andrew Robson