Fraud: Civil
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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
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.
Strengths
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"The team is very slick and extremely professional. They are very good on the detail, keep the broader strategic picture in mind and maintain a good relationship with their clients."
"They have a deep understanding of various facets of fraudulent behaviour and different possible ways to prove that misconduct has taken place. They are very attentive and responsive."
"It is a very strong team with great in-depth legal knowledge and ability to deal with multi-jurisdictional, complex matters. The firm provides very personal services even in the most complex cases."
"The team is very slick and extremely professional. They are very good on the detail, keep the broader strategic picture in mind and maintain a good relationship with their clients."
"They have a deep understanding of various facets of fraudulent behaviour and different possible ways to prove that misconduct has taken place. They are very attentive and responsive."
"It is a very strong team with great in-depth legal knowledge and ability to deal with multi-jurisdictional, complex matters. The firm provides very personal services even in the most complex cases."
Notable Practitioners
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 just so dynamic. She's got a stellar reputation and her work is just incredible."
"Ros Prince is a thought leader, brilliant and knows her stuff."
"Ros is absolutely fantastic."
Priya Grigoriadis assists on an array of multi-jurisdictional fraud proceedings, as well as helping clients with resisting and obtaining worldwide freezing orders.
"She is bright, a quick thinker and fun to work with."
"She runs a very smooth operation. She is quick-witted, incredibly smart and a real powerhouse."
"Priya is absolutely excellent."
Tom Spackman is a managing associate who has experience working on fraud cases involving complex allegations such as conspiracy and corruption.
"Tom has an excellent, balanced skillset. He is very smooth and very precise."
"Tom is really clever and has excellent judgement. He's the sort of person you want on your side in a complex matter."
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