Stuart Paterson

Stuart Paterson

Partner, Herbet Smith Freehills (Dubai, UAE)

Contact

stuart.paterson@hsf.com

+ 971 4 428 6308

Areas of expertise

Dispute Resolution; International Arbitration; Financial Services Regulatory; Corporate Crime and Investigations; Employment

Education
  • LL.B, University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK

Memberships
  • Admitted to practise in the courts of the Dubai International Financial Centre

  • Member of the Commercial Fraud Lawyers Association

  • Sits on the board of the Mediation Centre in Dubai

  • Elected member of the DIFC Court Users' Committee

Biography
  • In addition to Stuart's specialist areas of practice, he has substantial general commercial litigation experience including shareholder and joint venture disputes, agency/distributorship disputes, professional negligence, employment and real estate matters.

  • Stuart has broad international experience; he spent over 10 years in our London office where he acted on disputes in or arising from many countries in Europe and emerging markets in the CIS and Asia. Since 2009 he has been based in the Middle East and has acted on disputes across the GCC and wider MENA region.

  • Stuart joined the firm in 1998, qualifying in 2000. He has gained a wide range of experience in high value international disputes.

  • Stuart served a secondment to a leading investment bank, and has strong industry knowledge. He regularly writes papers and speaks at industry conferences on commercial litigation.