Shaistah is a Partner in the Dispute Resolution group specialising in complex commercial litigation and fraud. She is also an expert on sanctions law and leads the Mishcon Sanctions Group.
Her clients include high net worth individuals, professional firms, corporates and sovereign states. Her experience spans sectors ranging from financial services (global investment banks, investment funds, asset management firms, private equity houses), life sciences, real estate, energy, commodities, defence, aviation and tech.
She has experience advising office holders on investor/creditor claims, running internal/external investigations, and handling shareholder and partnership disputes, as well as matters involving contractual interpretation, breach of warranties and termination.
Shaistah has also acted in disputes and on enforcement actions both for and against governments, including involving state immunity issues.
Shaistah has a long track record of acting for life sciences companies in both general commercial litigation and specialist areas such as follow on damages claims, product liability, procurement disputes and arbitration under the PPRS scheme. She has also advised on industry compliance issues arising under the ABPI Code, UK Bribery Act and FCPA.
Shaistah has extensive experience advising on sanctions involving Russia, Iran, Libya and many other jurisdictions where sanctions are in operation, in both an advisory and contentious capacity, dealing regularly with OFSI and other regulators.
Shaistah is ranked as a leading individual in Legal 500, described as "excellent" for commercial litigation, "tenacious”, a “real street fighter” and "simply first-class", achieving successful outcomes in some of the most challenging cases. She was named Times Lawyer of the Week in 2023, was one of The Lawyer's Hot 100 in 2024, and her work as lead lawyer on the Nigeria v P&ID case has won awards including The Lawyer's Litigation Team of the Year, Global Arbitration Review's Most Important Decision of the Year and the FT's Innovative Lawyer Dispute Resolution Team of the Year.
Shaistah is Co-Editor of Dispute Resolution in the Gulf: GCC Approaches and Egyptian Influences.