About
With over 15 years of experience, Mike Stevenson provides expert guidance on various corporate, financial, intellectual property, and technology issues to individual clients, domestic firms, and international corporations.
He specialises in private equity and venture capital transactions, debt financing, mergers and acquisitions (M&A), joint ventures, and corporate law, catering to clients in diverse sectors like IT and technology, alternative finance, blockchain and cryptocurrencies.
Education and bar admission
Our global survey of more than 3,000 travelers along with interviews of more than 40 senior executives confirms two core shifts that underpin this gap. First, shopping frequency is falling by four percentage points year-over-year. Second, the long-standing proposition of “cheaper than downtown” is no longer enough to close the sale, and nearly four in 10 passengers doubt that duty-free delivers real savings.
In this environment, demand hasn’t collapsed, but it has fragmented by cohort and nationality and it has polarized by price tier. Gen Z shops less often but with sharper intent, buying when relevance, identity, or exclusivity is obvious. Older travelers are more conservative, trading down or opting out. Nationality dynamics sharpen the divide: Indian and Gulf travelers retain high price confidence, while many Western European passengers now expect brand relevance, credible value signals, beyond pricing benefits. As a result, the mid-tier continues to thin. Growth skews to either value entry points or more convincing premium.
- Extensive cross-border experience. Our team has successfully handled arbitration cases in over 40 jurisdictions across Europe, the Middle East, Asia, and the CIS region. This global reach allows us to advise clients with confidence, even in the most complex multi-jurisdictional disputes.
- Extensive cross-border experience. Our team has successfully handled arbitration cases in over 40 jurisdictions across Europe, the Middle East, Asia, and the CIS region. This global reach allows us to advise clients with confidence, even in the most complex multi-jurisdictional disputes.
- Extensive cross-border experience. Our team has successfully handled arbitration cases in over 40 jurisdictions across Europe, the Middle East, Asia, and the CIS region. This global reach allows us to advise clients with confidence, even in the most complex multi-jurisdictional disputes.
