Ros Prince > Stephenson Harwood > London, England > Lawyer Profile

Stephenson Harwood
1 FINSBURY CIRCUS
LONDON
EC2M 7SH
England

Work Department

Commercial litigation.

Position

Ros is head of our market leading fraud and asset recovery team. She has extensive experience of high value cross border fraud cases, and obtaining and defending injunctions, including freezing orders and search orders. Chambers & Partners’ global Asset Tracing & Recovery guide ranks her as one of just 5 leading lawyers ranked in Band 1 in the world. The Legal 500 UK list Ros in the ‘Hall of Fame’ and Chambers & Partners UK list her as a ‘Leading Individual’ in Band 1 for Fraud. Chambers & Partners UK 2023 describe Ros as “a hands on partner who knows her cases inside out”.

Ros has acted on a number of the largest claims before the English courts in recent years. Clients praise her ability and commitment, with The Legal 500 2023 describing her as “great team leader” and Chambers UK 2023 reporting that she has “a ferocious ability to progress matters and her client’s interests in a positive manner.”

Ros has particular expertise in the enforcement of arbitration awards, and injunctions in support of arbitrations and foreign proceedings. Ros has acted on numerous cases both for and against states and state owned entities, and has deep expertise in questions of state immunity in the context of asset recovery litigation.

Ros’ clients include companies, directors, insolvency practitioners, trustees, high net worth individuals and sovereign states. Most of her cases are international, and she has particular expertise in cases originating from Russia, CIS and other emerging markets. Ros has extensive experience of disputes involving offshore structures and parallel litigation in jurisdictions such as BVI, Cyprus, Cayman, Mauritius and the Isle of Man. She often works on cases involving parallel civil and criminal proceedings, both domestically and internationally.

She is a solicitor-advocate with full rights of audience before the English High Court. Ros’ expertise is highly regarded internationally, and she has been asked to speak on fraud and asset recovery related topics at events organised by the United Nations, the Commonwealth, and a number of governments.

Lawyer Rankings

London > Crime, fraud and licensing > Fraud: civil

(Hall of Fame)

Ros Prince  – Stephenson Harwood

Stephenson Harwood is distinctly well-versed in multinational disputes, including those pertaining to emerging market, with members of the civil fraud team being commended as ‘specialists in fraud and asset tracing with a solid grounding in commercial litigation‘. ‘Market leaderRos Prince co-heads the team and is acclaimed as an expert in cross-border asset recovery, meanwhile Alan Bercow, the practice’s other lead and ‘a senior statesman in this area‘, is relied upon for all-manner of proceedings, acting for both major corporates and high-net-worth individuals; the duo are supported by ‘class actPriya Grigoriadis who made partner in May 2023 and has developed a track record in freezing, search and disclosure order matters.