About

Provided by Stephenson Harwood LLP

Our specialist team has unparalleled experience at both bringing and defending fraud claims. 

Our lawyers' in-depth knowledge means we can step in to take urgent action to protect our clients. 

Our team has extensive experience of bringing and defending:

  • fraud claims
  • multi-jurisdictional and domestic asset tracing
  • freezing injunctions, in support of domestic and foreign proceedings
  • other injunctions, including search and seizure order, receivership orders and gagging.

We have acted on many of the largest fraud claims in England and globally. We have significant expertise of fraud claims arising from emerging markets, including the CIS/CEE, Africa and India.

Our team includes specialists in financial services fraud, who have decades of experience of fraud claims for and against banks, funds, and senior employees/directors of companies in the financial services sector. We often manage fraud claims with concurrent parallel proceedings including civil, criminal, regulatory and arbitration proceedings (domestically and abroad).

Winning a case is not the final step in litigation. We regularly assist clients to trace assets and enforce judgments and arbitration awards, in England and abroad.

Our lawyers are proactive and imaginative, and our advice is always clear and commercial. We help clients reach the outcomes they want. Often, this is settlement and we can devise strategies to help achieve this. But where a case goes to trial, we can be trusted to achieve the best possible outcome. 

Chambers Review

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Fraud: Civil - UK-wide

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Band 1

What the Team is Known For

Stephenson Harwood specialises in managing weighty fraud-related litigation originating around the world, including in Europe, Asia, Africa and India. The team frequently obtains and opposes injunctions to trace, freeze and recover assets, with the ability to apply pressure to ensure enforcement. It also demonstrates particular expertise in matters relating to international arbitration, including allegations of fraudulently obtained awards. The firm offers further notable expertise advising insolvency practitioners on fraud claims and associated asset tracing and recovery.

Work Highlights

  • Stephenson Harwood continues to act for the former majority shareholders of Yukos on their enforcement action in England in relation to USD54 billion arbitration awards against Russia.

Strengths

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Notable Practitioners

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Ros Prince
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Ros Prince
Head of Fraud: Civil
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Band 1

Ros Prince maintains an excellent reputation for her civil fraud practice and is head of the fraud and asset recovery team at Stephenson Harwood. She regularly acts in high-value fraud proceedings relating to a range of complex claims, with notable expertise in advising clients from Europe and Asia.

She is phenomenal. You don't get any better than her for civil fraud.

Ros knows everything about fraud.

Ros is incredibly perceptive with incredible judgement, and also has very good interpersonal skills and client handling. She is a top fraud solicitor.

Priya Grigoriadis
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Priya Grigoriadis
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Band 4
Priya Grigoriadis assists on an array of multi-jurisdictional fraud proceedings, as well as helping clients with resisting and obtaining worldwide freezing orders.

Priya has a no-nonsense approach. She is straight to the point and gets things done. She is a clear-headed person. In terms of a case and pushing it forward, nothing will stop her.

Tom Spackman
Tom Spackman
Associates to watch

Tom Spackman is a managing associate who has experience working on fraud cases involving complex allegations such as conspiracy and corruption.

Tom is excellent and high calibre.

Tom is truly the one to watch. He is a great help to the team and very good with clients.

Ranked Lawyers at
Stephenson Harwood LLP

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UK-wide

Fraud: Civil

Ros Prince
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Ros Prince
Head of Fraud: Civil
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Band 1
Priya Grigoriadis
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Priya Grigoriadis
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Band 4
Tom Spackman
Tom Spackman
Associates to watch

Members

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Alan Bercow

Head of Department

Priya Grewal

Ros Prince

Ros Prince

Head of Department