Stephen is a highly experienced commercial litigation specialist with 30+ years experience, whose work includes contractual and company disputes, fraud, and banking and financial disputes. His work very often has an international element and typically is complex and high value in nature. He is skilled in managing teams of lawyers and experienced in the strategy and tactics that inevitably accompany disputes work.

Stephen adopts a commercial approach, aiming where possible to bring disputes to an end in a way that is acceptable to the client and at the lowest cost.

Stephen is a member of the Commercial Litigation Association, the Fides Network Group, the Financial Services Lawyers Association, the Fraud Advisory Panel, the International Bar Association and the London Solicitors Litigation Association.

Stephen has been recognised by The Lawyer magazine as a “Hot 100” lawyer for litigation.

Stephen often travels on business, usually in Europe. Stephen has a genuine desire to help clients with their problems and to try to resolve them preferably without litigation but recognising that litigation may be the only means towards the required end.

Stephen Rosen is “a real rainmaker who wins the confidence of clients and is very commercial in his approach” – Legal 500

“Stephen Rosen is hugely experienced, very wise, and a pleasure to deal with.” – Legal 500

“Stephen Rosen impresses clients with his wide legal knowledge and well- honed ability to spot the weaknesses in opponents’ cases. He always brings an air of calmness to challenging situations.” – Legal 500

“The partner we have worked with the most is Stephen Rosen. He is always very engaged in the work himself, while also ensuring he gets the best out of his team. Most of all, he always puts the client first, making sure the project team is providing value at every stage before proposing fresh avenues of work. Stephen is always faultlessly polite and good fun to work with”– Legal 500

“Stephen Rosen is a legend in commercial litigation – his extensive commercial disputes experience gives him a real edge. He is also a remarkable and inspirational team leader.” – Legal 500

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Stephen is a highly experienced commercial litigation specialist with 30+ years experience, whose work includes contractual and company disputes, fraud, and banking and financial disputes. His work very often has an international element and typically is complex and high value in nature. He is skilled in managing teams of lawyers and experienced in the strategy and tactics that inevitably accompany disputes work.

Stephen adopts a commercial approach, aiming where possible to bring disputes to an end in a way that is acceptable to the client and at the lowest cost.

Stephen is a member of the Commercial Litigation Association, the Fides Network Group, the Financial Services Lawyers Association, the Fraud Advisory Panel, the International Bar Association and the London Solicitors Litigation Association.

Stephen has been recognised by The Lawyer magazine as a “Hot 100” lawyer for litigation.

Stephen often travels on business, usually in Europe. Stephen has a genuine desire to help clients with their problems and to try to resolve them preferably without litigation but recognising that litigation may be the only means towards the required end.

Stephen Rosen is “a real rainmaker who wins the confidence of clients and is very commercial in his approach” – Legal 500

“Stephen Rosen is hugely experienced, very wise, and a pleasure to deal with.” – Legal 500

“Stephen Rosen impresses clients with his wide legal knowledge and well- honed ability to spot the weaknesses in opponents’ cases. He always brings an air of calmness to challenging situations.” – Legal 500

“The partner we have worked with the most is Stephen Rosen. He is always very engaged in the work himself, while also ensuring he gets the best out of his team. Most of all, he always puts the client first, making sure the project team is providing value at every stage before proposing fresh avenues of work. Stephen is always faultlessly polite and good fun to work with”– Legal 500

“Stephen Rosen is a legend in commercial litigation – his extensive commercial disputes experience gives him a real edge. He is also a remarkable and inspirational team leader.” – Legal 500

Work highlights

  • Defending a €120 million claim in respect of approximately 900,000 failed automotive products
  • Acting in an application to set aside gas industry arbitration awards (value US$88 million)
  • Acting for a claimant seeking part of the sale proceeds of a transport industry company under an oral agreement – claim between £12 million and £20 million
  • Acting for a Swiss trust corporation in a multi-jurisdiction dispute involving 12 law firms and a large portfolio of UK properties, and including allegations of fraud
  • Representing an overseas pharmaceutical industry client in proceedings for breach of warranty over drugs produced by an acquired company – claim £12 million
  • Acting for a storage and property company in LIBOR manipulation proceedings in a claim for £50 million
  • Representing an overseas investment fund in a dispute over longevity notes derivatives allegedly designed to fail- investment US$33 million
  • Acting for an airline in a complex multi contract dispute over the acquisition and fitting out of a Boeing aircraft and about the performance of the client’s external operating company
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“Stephen Rosen is a legend in commercial litigation – his extensive commercial disputes experience gives him a real edge”

Legal 500
2024