Ros Prince

She has acted on a number of the largest claims heard by the English courts in recent years. Clients praise her leadership skills and commitment to her clients, with The Legal 500 2020 describing her as “a tenacious litigator without fear of standing up to oligarchs or governments” and Chambers UK reporting that she will "fight to the last to help her clients".

Ros has particular expertise in complex fraud and asset recovery litigation. She has obtained and defended many freezing orders, search and seizure orders, third party disclosure orders and other injunctions. Ros also has extensive experience of the enforcement of arbitration awards, and injunctions in support of arbitrations. Ros has acted on numerous cases both for and against states and state owned entities, and has deep expertise in questions of state immunity in the context of asset recovery litigation.

Ros' clients include companies, directors, , insolvency practitioners, high net worth individuals and sovereign states. Most of her cases are international, and she has particular expertise in cases originating from Russia, CIS and other emerging markets. Ros has extensive experience of disputes involving offshore structures and parallel litigation in jurisdictions such as BVI, Cyprus, Cayman, Mauritius and the Isle of Man. She often works on cases involving parallel civil and criminal proceedings, both domestically and internationally.

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 and asset recovery related topics at events organised by the United Nations, the Commonwealth Secretariat, and a number of governments.

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