News About Stephenson Harwood

Stephenson Harwood and Taylor Wessing eye merger

Partners reportedly set to vote by year-end on tie-up creating fully integrated European firm

2 Oct 2026

A&O Shearman hires Stephenson Harwood duo as global secondaries co-heads

London partners Sarah de Ste Croix and Gabriel Boghossian join with their team, bringing top-ranked secondaries expertise in hire A&O Shearman hailed as ‘transformative’ for its private capital platfo...

30 Sep 2026

Stephenson Harwood makes double hire in London from Clyde & Co, Mishcon de Reya

Shipping lawyer Jennifer Lavelle and private wealth specialist Nicola Simmons join as partners as top London independent expands key practices

29 Sep 2026

Stephenson Harwood points to disputes volatility as profits fall by 12%

Revenue dips by 2% to £303m as CEO cites timing of success-based fees

7 Aug 2026

Luxury goods insolvency case clarifies law on directors’ duties

UK Supreme Court finds good faith should govern a director’s conduct as well as their beliefs

17 Jul 2026

Charles Russell Speechlys adds Stephenson Harwood private client team in Asia push

UK firm says addition of five-strong Hong Kong team creates region’s largest private client practice

26 May 2026

Squire Patton Boggs and Stephenson Harwood add disputes partners in Madrid

Government arbitration lawyer joins Squire; Pérez-Llorca partner to head up UK firm’s new Spanish office

19 May 2026

Stephenson Harwood acquires boutique to re-enter Madrid

UK firm to launch in Spanish capital with three-partner team having closed its former Madrid office in 2002

29 Jan 2026

Stephenson Harwood debuts in Saudi Arabia with three-partner team

UK law firm joins Reed Smith, Bird & Bird and Pinsent Masons in expanding Middle East operations

28 Oct 2025

Class action reform could give UK economy £24bn annual boost, study claims

Stephenson Harwood report outlines recommendations to improve opt-out regime’s effectiveness

20 Oct 2025

Stephenson Harwood enlisted to advise on consumer class action against Amazon over pricing

Amazon faces claim it inflated prices for more than 45 million UK consumers

19 Aug 2025

CAT rules Visa and Mastercard interchange fees violated competition law

Victory for Scott + Scott in merchants’ challenge following earlier settlement by Stephenson Harwood-advised claimants

3 Jul 2025

Stephenson Harwood breaks £300m barrier as PEP hits £1m for the first time

London firm says record results put it on track to double revenue under five-year plan

27 Jun 2025

Stephenson Harwood elevates 12 to partner in firm’s second largest promotions round

Cohort includes Adam Polonsky, who was part of team working on long-running CAT claim with Visa that settled today

23 Apr 2025

London’s New Law Media hires veteran litigation partner from Stephenson Harwood

Michael Bywell joins West End boutique after two years at Stephenson Harwood

3 Jan 2025

Raft of City firms up NQ salaries amid ongoing pay war

HSF, DLA Piper and HFW among firms to boost pay as Paul Weiss introduces new UK training contract that dishes out market-topping £180k to its NQs

5 Jul 2024

Stephenson Harwood points to five-year plan as revenue climbs by 16%

Turnover hits record £264.2m as PEP rises 7% to £775K

27 Jun 2024

Mastercard settles merchant group action in interchange fee litigation

Confidential settlement struck with more than 1,900 businesses

19 Jun 2024

Stephenson Harwood expands Middle East practice with third partner hire in a month

Disputes lawyer John Lewis joins from Charles Russell Speechlys in the firm’s Dubai office

28 Mar 2024

Norton Rose adds Stephenson Harwood partner to lead Middle East disputes team

Nick Sharratt succeeds Paul Stothard following latter’s relocation to London

17 Oct 2023