Ros Prince

Partner at Stephenson Harwood (UK)

Speaker

Ros specialises in high value fraud and asset recovery litigation, and heads our market leading fraud and asset recovery team. She has extensive experience of obtaining and defending injunctions, including freezing orders, and enforcing judgments and awards. Both The Legal 500 and Chambers UK list her as a 'Leading Individual', with Chambers & Partners' global 'Asset Tracing & Recovery' guide describing her as "probably the leading fraud and asset recovery solicitor in London".

She has acted on many of the largest claims heard by the English courts in recent years. Clients praise her strategic vision and commitment to her clients, with Chambers UK 2024 reporting: "Ros is one of the most talented lawyers of her generation. Ros' strategic vision and ability to find the right approach to the complex matters are truly outstanding" and Legal 500 UK 2024 reporting that she is: "a ferocious litigator whose knowledge and experience, bundled with brilliant strategic vision and commercial awareness, allow the client to achieve the best result possible and stay two steps ahead of the opposition".

Ros has particular expertise in complex, cross border fraud and asset recovery litigation. She has obtained and defended many freezing orders, as well as search and seizure orders, third party disclosure orders and other injunctions, often with parallel civil or criminal proceedings in England and abroad. Ros has extensive specialist experience of enforcement litigation involving both awards and judgments, and has acted for and against states.

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, asset recovery and rule of law related topics at events organised by the United Nations, the Commonwealth Secretariat, and governments