Spear’s Review

Mark Stephens of Howard Kennedy says he was ‘tricked into being a lawyer’ by the manager of Pink Floyd, who was lodging in his family home when he was growing up. ‘He’s now a multi-billionaire and I’m a poor lawyer eking out an income,’ he jokes.

Quite possibly the best-known reputation lawyer in the country, Stephens is a rare talent: he is just as comfortable on the This Morning sofa or making an amusing observation on Twitter (@MarksLarks) as he is undertaking high-profile human rights and intellectual property disputes.

Notable clients include Harvey Weinstein’s ex-assistant Zelda Perkins and Julian Assange, as well as the governments of Jamaica, Libya and Mauritius.

Appointed CBE in 2011, Stephens’ broad practice also includes constitutional, media and regulatory work, as well as defamation, privacy, media, art and cultural property, data protection, trusts and international arbitration disputes.