Andrew Spink and Justina Stewart speaking at the CFAAR Fireside Chat

Join CFAAR’s Fireside Chat event with Outer Temple’s Crypto specialists Andrew Spink KC and Justina Stewart as they discuss important crypto legal developments in the DIFC.

CFAAR is a group of legal industry professionals and intends to bring together some of the world’s leading names in crypto dispute resolution and advisory with the purpose of developing and sharing best practice in this rapidly evolving sphere and placing the UK and common law jurisdictions at centre stage for global crypto dispute resolution. Outer Temple’s Crypto specialists Andrew Spink KC and Justina Stewart are delighted to be joining CFAAR’s Fireside Chat discussing all things Crypto.

Join Andrew Spink KC and Justina Stewart on Tuesday, 10th September 2024 at RPC, Tower Bridge House London as they discuss crypto legal developments in the DIFC. This will include the ground-breaking case of ‘Huobi v Tabarak’ (on which Andrew and Justina were instructed) as well as DIFC’s new laws, exploring how they cater for digital assets in the banking and financial services sector, and much more.

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Andrew Spink KC has an extensive business law practice, specialising particularly in disputes or advisory work relating to the interpretation or breach of most types of commercial  contract and trust deed, claims for fraud or breach of fiduciary duty, freezing injunctions and asset recovery, cross-jurisdictional issues, claims for damages and other relief in the context of pensions and other commercial trusts, banking & financial services, fintech  and a wide range of other commercial contracts, professional negligence claims and company law and insolvency issues. Andrew was nominated as Legal 500 technology, data & crypto KC of the Year 2023 (in which OTC also won “set of the year“). He is listed as a leading KC in the UK in multiple practice areas including Crypto & Blockchain Assets (L500, Tier1); Pensions (L500 & Chambers, Tier 1); Commercial Dispute Resolution; Professional Negligence. Internationally, he is ranked as a leading KC in the Middle East in Commercial, L500 (Tier 1) and has for many years led teams of OTC barristers advising the DIFC governing body on a series of law reform projects including company law, trusts, and most recently and significantly the major initiatives in the fields of digital assets and smart contracts, banking and finance and securities leading to, amongst other things, the enactment of the ground-breaking DIFC Assets Law and Law of Security and consequential amendments to multiple other DIFC Laws.

Justina Stewart is recognised in the leading legal directories in multiple practice areas including commercial dispute resolution, banking & finance, financial services regulation and insolvency alongside Crypto & Blockchain Assets, L500 (Tier 1) and Cryptoassets, C&P (Band 1) and UK Bar: Middle East, L500 (Tier 1). Justina was nominated as Legal 500 Technology, Data & Crypto Junior of the Year 2023.  Comments in legal directories have included ‘phenomenally bright’, ‘an absolute delight to work with’, ‘a hard-hitting litigator. She is able to parachute into a dispute and turn it 180 degrees in favour of her clients’, ‘brilliant for banking litigation’, a ‘leading crypto barrister in the UK’, ‘an excellent eye for detail [who] always thinks outside the box’, ‘no matter how stressful the situation, Justina has a way of calming matters so that the focus is always on the issues at hand’, ‘impressive’, ‘strong, dynamic and commercial’, ‘great to use on difficult insolvency claims’, ‘a highly intelligent and tenacious litigator, she is also far more financially literate than most barristers’, ‘incredibly impressive and a force to be reckoned with’ and ‘a fantastic communicator’, ‘a phenomenal addition to any team when you have claims against banks’ with ‘outstanding legal acumen’, ‘proactive in moving difficult issues forward’, ‘a formidable advocate, whose oral and written advocacy are top notch’, and ‘extremely bright, responsive and a punchy advocate. She is excellent at forming a view on complex cases’, ‘A real team player and a pleasure to work with.’ Her instructions typically involve matters which are noted for their complexity and novelty and which often involve allegations of fraud.  Justina was instrumental in the drafting of the ground-breaking DIFC Digital Assets Law, the new Law of Security and the numerous associated amendments to DIFC Laws.  Before coming to the Bar, she was an investment banker.

To find out more about Andrew or Justina, email Lexie Johnson or call + 44 (0) 207 427 0801.

News 13 Aug, 2024