Charles Russell Speechlys LLP

Max specialises in high value, multi-jurisdictional disputes involving fraud, asset tracing and corruption in the financial services and banking sectors, often with an insolvency element. He has litigated in the High Court, Court of Appeal and Privy Council, and as far afield as in the Cayman Islands and Tanzania. He also has extensive experience of complex multi-party LCIA arbitration.

In tandem, Max has a burgeoning practice in Public and Administrative Law disputes, with a particular focus on Judicial Review and assisting colleagues in a wide variety of sectors including competition, environmental and planning, foreign governments, immigration, pensions and tax, and public inquiries and inquests. He is an active member of both the Young Lawyers Committee of the Commonwealth Lawyers Association and the ACROSS Fraud Network. He is also a member of ALBA, the Constitutional and Administrative Law Bar Association.

Max is admitted to practise in England and Wales.