Steven has extensive experience of international arbitration and commercial litigation, for which he has been recommended by the 2007 edition of the Legal 500. A solicitor-advocate, Steven has appeared before a number of English civil and criminal courts, including the High Court and Court of Appeal, and international tribunals sitting in The Hague and elsewhere in Europe and North America. He has acted across a range of commercial, industrial and governmental sectors, with particular experience in finance, insurance and construction disputes. He has also acted for and against States in disputes arising under Bilateral Investment Treaties.

Steven is an accredited mediator and a Member of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators and has experience relating to the Court of Arbitration for Sport. He is a graduate of Cambridge University and of the Inns of Court School of law, and has a Masters Degree (with Distinction) in International Dispute Resolution from the University of London.  

Steven joined Davies Arnold Cooper in November 2006, having previously worked with a leading U.S. law firm, practising out of that firm's London and New York offices.