Stephanie Lee

Stephanie is a partner in the Dispute Resolution Department.

She is an experienced commercial litigator, acting for domestic and international clients across a broad range of contentious matters, often involving high-profile and complex claims of significant value.

Stephanie has particular expertise in the financial services sector – both in litigation and contentious regulatory investigations – in securities litigation, and in matters involving allegations of fraud. She also has a breadth of experience, having acted variously on post-M&A, insolvency, environmental, intellectual property and defamation disputes. Her cases frequently have a multi-jurisdictional element to them.

Stephanie is one of the partners who successfully represented Hewlett Packard in its highly publicised fraud claims arising out of the US$11 billion acquisition of Autonomy Corporation plc. The case represents the first (and so far only) time that Section 90A / Schedule 10A FSMA has been fully tested by the English Courts. Hewlett-Packard prevailed in establishing liability in respect of its fraud claims in 2022 and received a quantum judgment in its favour, for approximately $1 billion, in July 2025. Stephanie also led Hewlett Packard's successful defence of the $160 million counterclaim – in respect of certain public statements made by Hewlett-Packard – brought by the first defendant, Michael Lynch, in those proceedings.

Throughout her career, Stephanie has played a significant role in Travers Smith's pro bono practice, including acting for survivors of domestic abuse and human trafficking.