Stephenson Harwood

Alan Ward

Alan is a partner in the regulatory litigation practice group. He advises corporate entities and individuals in the context of regulatory and criminal investigations, commenced by agencies such as the Serious Fraud Office and Financial Conduct Authority.  Alan has acted in relation to some of the most high-profile and complex multi-jurisdictional investigations commenced by criminal and regulatory enforcement agencies in the UK, USA, Europe and Far East. His work has included advising in relation to allegations of bribery and corruption, insider dealing, tax evasion and manipulation of financial markets. Alan's work regularly involves allegations of misconduct on financial markets. Recently, he has advised individuals in respect of the global LIBOR and foreign exchange (forex) investigations, including both individuals who are the subject of regulatory and criminal allegations of market misconduct, and senior managers who have been investigated by regulators for alleged oversight failures. He has also been instructed to advise individuals providing assistance to agencies including the SFO, FCA, PRA, CFTC and US Department of Justice (DoJ). Much of Alan's work has a significant international dimension. Recent instructions include advising clients faced with extradition, mutual legal assistance requests, extra-territorial criminal liability and asset freezing and recovery.

Michael Kim

Office Managing Partner

Peter Dalton

Peter is a technology lawyer with over a decade of experience in the fields of technology disputes, cybersecurity, and technology focused intellectual property. His holistic technology practice allows him to provide comprehensive advice on business-critical technology matters and disputes, and complex and at times “bet the company” cyber mandates. On the technology disputes side, Peter has regularly acted for both suppliers and customers in respect of a diverse range of disputes, contractual resets, and renegotiations including substantial distressed IT projects and implementations, software development disputes, and software audit disputes. In respect of cyber, Peter has considerable experience advising on the full range of cyber advisory, incident response, and litigation matters, often on a global basis.  He has acted for large multinationals, financial institutions, and household names in respect of pre-incident legal preparation and policies, incident response, regulatory advice and regulator engagement. His experience in cyber response and crisis management has focused on complex business-critical incidents including nation-state espionage, ransomware attacks and BEC fraud. He also advises clients in respect of litigation arising from incidents, both within the supply chain and with data subjects. Having originally qualified as an intellectual property lawyer, Peter has a deep well of experience in technology related patent and other IP matters, including software and hardware patent infringement claims, source code copying and other digital asset disputes, and licensing disputes. He has represented clients in the IPEC and Patents Court and regularly assists clients with licensing and other advisory services relating to technology IP management.

Stuart Burrell

Partner