A specialist litigation firm, Stewarts Law LLP directs its focus towards large scale investigations and recovery matters, acting on behalf of both corporates and governments, in addition to high growth cyber market disputes and insolvency, tax and trust-related matters. Practice head Mo Bhaskaran  is instructed from clients across a varied array of industries including technology, energy, health, manufacturing and financial services.

Legal 500 Editorial commentary

Key clients

  • SKAT
  • Mark McDonald and Hugh Dickson of Grant Thornton acting as the joint liquidators of Stanford International Bank Ltd
  • Group action v Glencore Plc (FL-2022-000025; FL-2022-000026)
  • David Standish of Interpath Advisory and Russell Crumpler of Teneo (joint liquidators of Exential Investments Inc)
  • Kijani Resources Limited (in liquidation)

Work highlights

  • Acting for the liquidators of Stanford International Bank in claims following the collapse of one the largest and most notorious Ponzi schemes in history. Our claims are against HSBC seeking to recoup some of the vast losses suffered on a variety of bases including the developing area of law around banks’ Quincecare duties.
  • Representing multiple large financial institutions who purchased Glencore plc shares in 2011 before the company was exposed for large scale global bribery and corruption.
  • Acted for 9 Defendants to a very large civil fraud claim which is being brought by SKAT (the Danish tax authority) against around 120 Defendants arising from dividend withholding tax reclaims made by various entities and paid out by SKAT between 2012 and 2015. SKAT’s claim is for in excess of £1.6 billion. SKAT claims that the withholding tax reclaims were fraudulently made.

Lawyers

Leading partners
The strongest partners in their field, leading on market-leading deals and endorsed by peers and clients alike.
Hall of fameStewarts Law LLP
Partner and Co-Head of Commercial Litigation Mo co-heads the commercial litigation department. Mo specialises in large scale fraud and corruption investigations and recovery action (including working with enforcement authorities in the UK and overseas), as well as high-value commercial disputes relating to a range of commercial matters including fraud, IT and PFI projects, product recall and corporate claims arising from acquisitions. He acts on emergency injunctions (search and freezing injunctions). His clients span sectors as diverse as government, manufacturing, financial services, technology, energy and health. Cases in which Mo has advised include defending a major public sector body from claims exceeding £100m in relation to the cancellation of a large PFI project. He also acted on a number of internal investigations into fraud and corruption including historic corruption/fraud by a senior director within a FTSE 250 listed group, defending an HMRC investigation arising as a result and pursuing claims against the director responsible, as well as a significant $1bn multi-jurisdictional investigation into systemic corruption by a foreign public official.

Practice head

The lawyer(s) leading their teams.

Mo Bhaskaran

Other key lawyers

Marc Jones, Pia Mithani, Alex Jay