Stewarts Law strengthens its Commercial Litigation with the hire of Keith Thomas from Manches LLP

Press Release
1 June 2010

Stewarts Law, the specialist litigation firm, today announces the appointment of Keith Thomas as a new Partner in its Commercial Litigation Department. Keith joins from Manches LLP and will be reunited with colleagues Clive Zietman and Andrew Shaw who joined Stewarts Law from Manches in June 2009.

Keith has a wealth of experience in banking disputes, fraud cases of all kinds and heavyweight multi-jurisdictional disputes. He has a particular specialism in cases involving freezing orders and pre-emptive remedies especially in the context of offshore companies and trusts. He also has a background in intellectual property.

Managing Partner, John Cahill, commented:

"Keith's appointment further demonstrates the firm's strategy to consolidate its position as the UK's leading specialist litigation law firm. Keith is an experienced commercial litigator with an excellent reputation who will further strengthen the Commercial Litigation Department.

This appointment follows a number of recent major hires which saw Jonathan Sinclair join from Eversheds to head up Commercial Litigation in Leeds, Gareth Brahams from Lewis Silkin to head up the newly formed Employment practice and Paul Brehony from PWC Legal".

Commenting, Keith Thomas said of his appointment:

"I am delighted to be joining Stewarts Law. This is an exciting time to join as the commercial litigation team is expanding rapidly and is currently litigating a number of very high profile cases."

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