Stephen practises principally in the fields of insolvency and restructuring, civil fraud, commercial litigation and banking and finance. He has also appeared in cases concerning company law, real property, insurance and financial services.
Stephen has substantial experience of conducting heavy trials (in both the Chancery Division and the Commercial Court) and arbitrations, and he has also been involved in a considerable amount of appellate work, including numerous cases in the Supreme Court/Privy Council (Bedzhamov, Candey v Crumpler, Lehman Waterfall I, BONY Mellon v LBG Capital, PwC v Saad, Singularis v PwC, Rubin v Eurofinance, Landsbanki v Heritable, Nortel/Lehman, EL Trigger) and the Court of Appeal (Coinomi, Bedzhamov, AA v BB, Peak Hotels, Fraser Turner, Titan, IBRC, Lehman Waterfall I, Lehman Waterfall II, Firth Rixson, Tambrook, Ovenden Colbert, Tiuta).
Stephen has been instructed in many of the major insolvency cases over the last two decades, including London Capital & Finance (for the administrators), Carillion (for the official receiver and the special managers), Debenhams (for the administrators), Thomas Cook (for the official receiver and the special managers), Corbin & King (for the monitors), London Oil & Gas (for the administrators), Peak Hotels (for the liquidators), African Minerals (for the administrators), London Mining (for the administrators), Lehman Brothers International (Europe) (for the administrators), Kaupthing (for the winding-up board), Afren (for the administrators), IBRC (for the liquidators), Landsbanki (for the winding-up board), Bernard L Madoff Investment Securities (for the SIPA trustee), Hellas (for the liquidators), Rangers (for the administrators), Luminar (for the administrators) and MF Global (for the Chapter 11 trustee).
Stephen is recommended in four practice areas by Legal 500 and Chambers & Partners UK Bar. Recommendations include: “Stephen is incredibly clever and able to absorb huge amounts of information in very short periods and deliver analysis that is pithy, solves problems and is commercially astute. Stephen is a brilliant tactician and excellent on his feet”; “Stephen has a sharp intellect and produces the highest-quality written work. He is a forceful advocate”; “Stephen has the ability of explaining complex things in a simple manner and is amazing at being able to identify the strengths and weaknesses of the case”; “He is absolutely excellent – very clever and user-friendly … His oral advocacy is very impressive”; “Stephen has an approachable style … He is not afraid of complex litigation and is incredibly bright”; “Stephen is a high-quality cross-examiner”.
Insolvency and Restructuring +
Civil Fraud and Asset Recovery +
Banking and Finance +
Commercial Litigation and Arbitration +
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“Stephen Robins is an intellectual and legal powerhouse.”
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Banking & Finance (Including Consumer Credit), Commercial Litigation, Fraud: Civil , Insolvency
Banking & Finance, Fraud: Civil, Restructuring/Insolvency
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