Stuart Pickford Email & Phone Number

I have over 25 years experience handling a variety of disputes, including pension and other trust disputes, professional negligence claims, post-M&A and JV disputes, and various contract claims arising from substantial infrastructure projects and other sophisticated commercial arrangements. I have advised clients in a range of sectors, including the logistics, energy, utilities, telecoms, financial services and construction industries.I was the joint head of the Mayer Brown pensions litigation team, advising on a range of contentious pension matters, from IDRP complaints through to litigation in the High Court and appellate courts, including landmark litigation for which the team was shortlisted for the Litigation Team of the Year Award by The Lawyer and commended in the FT Europe Innovative Lawyers report. I also served as Mayer Brown's training principal in London and continue to participate in the firm's Social Mobility Working Group.I am recommended in both Legal 500 and Chambers UK:"Stuart Pickford applies a forensic approach to dispute resolution and breaks down the complex into easily understandable individual components." (Chambers UK 2024)."Stuart Pickford’s approach is always very thorough and he always goes the extra mile to ensure that responses cover all the details." He is "an able and thoughtful litigator with good judgement" and "brings a fine, forensic approach to intricate problems of governance and claims which can have their origin many decades in the past. Patient, careful, and considered, he is able to deconstruct and explain complex problems." (Legal 500 2024)Listed as a key lawyer for Commercial Litigation, ‘Stuart Pickford is intelligent and has good judgment.’ (Legal 500 2023)"‘Stuart Pickford has been supporting us for years, providing valuable support in complex matters and proving to be a trusted advisor. He is able to quickly understand issues at stake and provide practical solutions with a clear reasoning.‘ ‘Stuart Pickford is a standout adviser who is both meticulous as to details and highly insightful on strategy. He is, additionally, wholly reliable, indeed unflappable, when crisis looms and is ready willing and able to devote all his energies to achieve the necessary. He truly inspires confidence.‘ (Legal 500 2022)

Listed skills include Dispute Resolution, Alternative Dispute Resolution, Commercial Litigation, Litigation, and 16 others.