Stephenson Harwood

Drawing upon a ‘good breadth and depth of expertise’, Stephenson Harwood provides ’incredibly responsive, pragmatic and commercial’ advice to individuals and entities facing regulatory scrutiny. Sean Jeffrey is ‘very knowledgeable’ across an array of regulatory and fraud issues facing the sector and has achieved very favourable results for clients in both FCA enforcement matters and S166 reviews. Recognised as a ’terrific strategist’, team head Justin McClelland is ‘perfect for any really tough financial services dispute’, including those with an international dimension and/or parallel regulatory enforcement actions and civil disputes. Alan Ward is ’clever, savvy and hardworking’, and continues to gain market recognition as a result of his work for individuals and entities subject to regulatory and criminal investigations, as well as in internal investigations.

Legal 500 Editorial commentary

Testimonials

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'They have good breadth and depth of expertise.'
'They handle a good range of entity and individual work and work collaboratively and effectively as a team.'
'They provide incredibly responsive, pragmatic and commercial advice.'
'Justin McClelland is recognised as one of the most respected and trusted contentious financial services advisers. His international experience is unrivalled in the sector.'
'A terrific strategist, Justin McClelland is one of most experienced financial services litigators in the market and has a detailed knowledge of both the industry and the law. He's perfect for any really tough financial services dispute.'
'Sean Jeffrey is extremely knowledgeable.'
'Alan Ward is clever, savvy and hardworking. He is always able to find the weakness in the opponent’s case and shows total commitment.'
'Fran Legg is a superstar of the future. Breathtakingly clever, and monstrously hard-working. Perfect!'

Key clients

Gustavo Raitzin (Bank Julius Baer)

Work highlights

Represented a former member of the Executive Board of Bank Julius Baer as one of the defendants in a major victory against the FCA in a case heard before the Upper Tribunal.