Law.com International’s series on how senior lawyers deal handle the stress and pressure of working in corporate law has focused largely on those working in transactional practice areas. However, litigation partners have unique stresses of their own.

Commercial litigator Elaina Bailes, who has been at Stewarts for over a decade and first made partner in 2019, acts for a wide range of clients from companies, financial institutions, states and high net worth individuals, across a variety of disputes.