Fieldfisher

Dispute Resolution

Partner

Stephen has a reputation for being commercially pragmatic, responsive and solution-minded.

His clients include large international companies, High Net Worth individuals and corporate service providers.

Stephen has spoken at a number of panel events on cryptocurrency disputes and insolvencies and act for a range of crypto exchanges, service providers, victims of fraud and Insurers on a wide range of crypto disputes.

He has been commended by clients for "thinking outside of the box" and appreciate the need for lawyers to adopt agile fee structures to unlock cases.

Recent work highlights include:

AA v The Family Officer Limited: acting for a high-net worth individual to recover monies following a €15 million push payment fraud.  The case spanned multiple jurisdictions and utilised 'Persons Unknown' freezing injunctions in the English High Court as well as evidence of mobile phone triangulation and spoofed e-mails. This case was a rare example of a fraud claim succeeding at the summary judgment stage. Mansard Mortgages 2007-2 PLC v Beyat Holdings Limited: obtaining a series of injunctions and declarations in response to an attack from a notorious "parasite" fraudster seeking to take control of a securitisation structure. Recovering $1 million for a major High Street retail chain following funds flowing to a bank account in UAE as a result of an authorised push payment fraud, through a combined process of both English and UAE civil and criminal proceedings. XY v Persons Unknown (1) Binance Holdings Limited (2) Huobi Global Limited: defending a constructive trust claim on behalf of a major crypto exchange. Advising a major international oil company on potential liabilities under Bribery Act 2010. Acting for an interested party to support settlement of the Norebo Conflict. Acting for a major corporate to obtain a number of Norwich Pharmacal orders to identify a fraudster and remove 700 fraudulently incepted companies following a cyber-attack. Acting for a wide-range of corporate entities and individual victims of fraud to recover funds from banks and crypto exchanges without recourse to litigation.