Richard Kovalevsky KC

Spear’s Review

‘My individual clients all have one thing in common,’ explained Richard Kovalevsky KC, now a partner at Mayfair litigation firm Cohen & Gresser, having joined from Stewarts in 2020. ‘They seek expert tactical and legal advice to assist them in preventing or dealing with difficult problems.’

What’s noteworthy is the wide range of cases that come across Kovalevsky’s desk – from business-related transactions, financing, stock market dealings, listings and announcements, to corruption, tax, fraud and money laundering. 

Clients’ problems have ranged from allegations of misleading the stock exchange (Sir David Jones) to designing tax schemes that are challenged by HMRC (Martin King, director of tech unicorn Ve Interactive), Kovalevsky said, adding that additional clientele include ‘Swiss fiduciaries, entrepreneurs, members of prominent families and politicians’.