Financial Services: Contentious Regulatory (Corporates)
UK Guide 2025 : UK-wide
Band 3
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Stephenson Harwood is highly regarded for the representation of individuals, with a rounded team of practitioners able to offer broad experience across the sector for clients who find themselves under the scrutiny of the FCA. Its regulatory expertise is bolstered by a notable criminal capacity, both domestically and cross-border.
Work Highlights
- Stephenson Harwood acted for Gustavo Raitzin, former member of the Executive Board of Bank Julius Baer, in the recent victory against the FCA.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"The quality of their work is top-notch."
"The quality of their work is top-notch."
Notable Practitioners
Justin McClelland has notable experience primarily acting for individuals in investigations by regulators including the FCA, SFO and PRA.
"Justin is absolutely superb. He is incredibly clever, and a highly experienced financial service litigator. He is a terrific strategist and a brilliant negotiator."
"Justin is a fantastic practitioner across the spectrum of financial service contentious work."
"Justin is a fantastic practitioner and is a delight to work with."
Sean Jeffrey focuses his practice on representing corporates in financial service matters, including FCA and PRA investigations.
"Sean is a very strong lawyer, and has good instincts for strategy. He has a lot of breadth in his practice and has a good understanding of the regulatory rulebook."
"Sean is a key financial service partner. He is excellent with his client skills, and he is able to get everyone to work as a team."
"Sean is top-quality; he is an extremely good lawyer."
Alan Ward focuses on the representation of financial services executives in FCA investigations. He has experience on multi-jurisdictional investigations.
"Alan Ward is brilliant. He makes sensible decisions, he's collaborative and he's easy to work with."
"Alan is a client's dream. He is clever, savvy, hard-working and able to find the weakness in an opponent's case."