Stephen Ross
Partner
Stephen is a partner in the litigation and arbitration team and leads the global fraud team.
His practice focusses on international asset freezing and recovery cases, heavyweight commercial litigation and regulatory disputes and Stephen is particularly adept at drawing on the firm’s tax expertise in such cases to obtain a strategic advantage. Stephen also often acts for family offices, successful families, entrepreneurs and their businesses on a broad range of commercial disputes and heads up our family office first group, which is an innovative approach to finding positive solutions for family conflicts. Stephen regularly speaks at national and international conferences on a wide range of fraud and litigation topics. Stephen is described by Chambers and Partners 2021 as ‘absolutely fantastic – he exudes calm no matter what the situation, taking everything in his stride and turning it to his client’s advantage.’
Track record
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Barrowfen Properties Limited v (1) Girish Patel; (2) Stevens & Bolton LLP; (3) Barrowfen Properties II Limited [2020[ EWHC 1145 (Ch) . Acting in a successful claim involving allegations of professional negligence and conspiracy.
Marathon Asset Management LLP v Seddon and others - Successfully defending a three year £30m claim concerning the removal of confidential information and conspiracy. After a long battle, our client was ordered to pay only £1 in nominal damages and negotiated the recovery of his legal costs.
Acting for the Saudi Algosaibi Group in relation to a US$9.2 billion fraud claim.
England and Wales, 2001
Commercial Fraud Lawyers Association
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- English