Steven Philippsohn
Profile
Steven is a leading authority on the management of international commercial litigation and arbitration. Over the last 20 years his firm has been retained by governmental, national and international organisations. His firm, PCB Litigation, has an extensive international network of experienced lawyers Steven is currently retained on matters in various jurisdictions including, amongst others, Russia, Germany, France, Ukraine, Ireland, Cyprus, Jersey and Kazakhstan as well as the UK and the US.
"The Legal 500" has singled out Steven as being "focused and "creative", Chambers 2010 describing him as " being sought out for his wise judgement and intuitive understanding of cases. He has the ability to think outside the box and come out with the most innovative of ideas."
The Legal 500 and Chambers 2009 have identified PCB as a leading litigation practice and 'The Times' describe PCB as "solicitors to the banking community" and "operating "across a global landscape, recovering and protecting clients` assets over borders and through multiple jurisdictions". For a number of years Steven was Deputy Chairman and is still a Board Member of the Fraud Advisory Panel and the UK representative of Fraudnet, a global network of fraud litigation.
Steven has been appointed Chairman of the UK's Commercial Fraud Lawyers Association. He is also a Founding Member of the Association together with leading fraud litigation practitioners from Allen & Overy, Clifford Chance and Baker & McKenzie. He is a member of the Dubai International Financial Centre Courts.
Steven was for the last few years a member of SOCA's Asset Recovery Committee and the Committee of the International Corrupt Assets Recovery Organisation