Stephanie Silverston

• Acting for Bank Frick & Co AG to successfully strike out a claim brought by the Deposit Guarantee Fund for Individuals (as liquidator of National Credit Bank PJSC). The claim concerned the scope of s.423 Insolvency Act 1986. [2022] EWHC 2221 (Ch).
• Acting for the Official Liquidator of a Cayman Fund in respect of misfeasance claims against the Investment Manager and former directors of the Investment Manager and the Fund.
• Acting for a major construction company in relation to various confidential disputes arising from the design and construction of a combined-cycle power plant in Asia.
• Acting for a HNW in respect of a just and equitable winding up petition.
• Acting for a beneficiary of a trust in relation to beddoe proceedings and parallel proceedings in Canada.
• Acting for a beneficiary of a significant multi-jurisdictional estate in respect of their entitlement under Sharia law.
• Acted for applicants and respondents to letters of request under the Evidence (Proceedings in Other Jurisdictions) Act 1975 in respect of obtaining or resisting the provision of evidence in England for use in foreign proceedings.

• Acted for administrators of connected companies in complex, hard fought proceedings involving a large-scale fraud, parallel SFO and FCA investigations, and the use of the administrators’ statutory powers and injunctive relief.°
• Acted for a Russian businessman in respect of a claim brought by an organ of the Russian State, in relation to alleged participation in a large-scale fraud leading to the collapse of a bank.°
• Acted for an UHNW client defending a claim for knowing receipt and dishonest assistance with parallel foreign criminal proceedings. Obtained security for costs against a foreign state-owned oil company.°
• Acted for HNW defendants and their companies who were served with a worldwide freezing order in respect of a claim for secret commissions and diversion of profits which was settled in the early stages of litigation, prior to defences being filed.°
• Obtained a post-judgment freezing order for a Saudi prince in a high-profile shareholder dispute, which involved cross-unfair prejudice petitions and the assertion of sovereign immunity.°
• Obtained Norwich Pharmacal relief against a number of banks in order to trace into the proceeds of a fraud and assets purchased with those proceeds.°
• Acted for an UHNW family in a significant, high profile family dispute, defending sham trust claims against trusts in multiple jurisdictions including Switzerland, Lichtenstein, and Jersey.°
• Acted for an auction house in relation to obtaining a worldwide asset-freezing injunction against a member of the royal family of Qatar and one of the world's most prolific collectors of art and antiquities in support of U.S. proceedings and the subsequent recovery in full of the outstanding debt.°
• Acted for a charity and family members to recover assets from a substantial estate from which they had been disinherited. The dispute concerned issues of lack of capacity, want of knowledge and approval and undue influence.°
• Defended an individual in an alleged jewellery theft and conspiracy claim.°
• Negotiated a settlement with a bank on behalf of a charitable trust in connection with fraudulent transfers.°

°The above representations were handled by Ms. Silverston prior to her joining Greenberg Traurig, LLP.

• Member, Associates Committee, Commercial Litigators' Forum, 2021-Present
• Member, International Association of Young Lawyers, 2021-Present
• Member, Young Fraud Lawyers Association, 2017-Present
• Member, Fraud Women’s Network, 2017-Present