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Dispute Resolution: The English Bar - Middle East-wide
What the Team is Known For
4 Stone Buildings is a well-known London set whose members are frequently turned to for assistance with disputes in the Middle East. Its barristers collectively handle a wide range of matters, including banking litigation concerning the alleged mis-selling of financial products and the enforcement of loans, as well as insolvency matters. Barristers at the set are adept at arbitration as well as litigation.
Strengths
4 Stone Buildings' service is excellent and its standard of work is very high.
Its barristers are very approachable, user-friendly and technically very strong.
Notable practitioners
Sharif Shivji KC is a well-established London silk who is particularly noted for his expertise in financial services disputes, drawing on his prior employment experience as a derivatives trader. He regularly handles such matters in the DIFC Courts.
Sharif is highly regarded, hard-working and leaves no stone unturned.
Sharif Shivji KC is amazing. He builds real rapport with the judge and is very clear when explaining risks and dangers.
Alastair Tomson is involved in increasingly noteworthy Middle Eastern cases, with a strong track record representing private individuals in claims against law firms and other prominent organisations.
Alastair Tomson is an excellent junior who does a lot of work in the Middle East.
Alastair is a very experienced arbitration counsel.
Andrew Rose has growing experience handling financial services disputes before the courts of the DIFC and ADGM. This expertise is complemented by specific capabilities in insolvency disputes.