Stewarts Law LLP
Specialising in the financial services and banking sectors, Stewarts Law LLP advises a wide range of senior executives. Joseph Lappin handles high-profile and complex whistleblowing cases. The team more broadly acts in a broad range of sex, age, race and disability discrimination claims, often regarding neurodiversity and mental health. Charlie Thompson advises on reshuffling.
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Testimonials
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‘Joseph Lappin is a real star: his reassuring manner belies a ferocious work ethic and ability beyond his years.’
‘Highly focused team delivering work of the highest quality.’
‘Charlie Thompson is very pragmatic and commercial in his approach, but also very empathetic with often extremely vulnerable clients. His legal knowledge is really impressive and he is extremely bright, but he wears it lightly, and is always focused on what is the best outcome for the client. He is a very effective negotiator.'
‘Practitioners are of the highest quality, extremely strategic but also strong attention to detail.'
‘Charlie Thompson is commercial, practical, personable and highly knowledgeable. Everything you want a litigator to be.’
Work highlights
- Advised a senior lawyer at a City law firm on their exit following allegations made against another senior lawyer at the firm.
- Advised a British citizen who was born in Russia on discrimination they experienced after the invasion of Ukraine.
- Represented a senior M&A professional in complaints relating to sex and age discrimination and equal pay issues.
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Joseph Lappin