Stephen Rome

Partner

Stephen Rome

Partner

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Stephen is a partner in the commercial dispute resolution team and is based in the Birmingham office.

He is a commercial litigation and insolvency specialist with significant experience in advising on complicated, high-value matters that require in-depth knowledge across multiple disciplines. During his career, Stephen has spent time on secondment to both an international engineering company and a high street bank.

I am often approached to advise on complex disputes that intersect a number of areas of law, requiring an analysis of the issues from multiple perspectives, before providing clients with valuable solutions that warrant the risk and costs that come with litigation. At the heart of my practice is building a winning strategy despite the uncertain nature of litigation.

Stephen Rome, Partner

Working with businesses of all sizes, from large corporations to SMEs, Stephen’s track record spans a range of sectors, including real estate, financial services, automotive and energy. In recent years he has acted for clients in the Court of Appeal in three appeals concerning unfair prejudice, contempt proceedings and freezing injunctions. He succeeded in all these appeals. Stephen is ranked as a leading individual in the Legal 500 where he is described as ‘a superb leader’ with ‘a great combination of technical acumen and business nous’. He is the deputy vice-president of R3, the UK’s leading trade association for insolvency and restructuring professionals.

Recent work highlights

Accountancy negligence claim

Acting for the owner of a £40 million business in a £8.5 million professional negligence claim against their former accountancy practice.

Post-litigation advice

Continuing to advise the owner of the business in respect of matters arising from previous litigation that included 2 reported cases (Loveridge v Loveridge and others and Loveridge v Loveridge).

Professional negligence claim

Acting for a trustee in bankruptcy in respect of a £1.1 million professional negligence claim.

Cross-border contract dispute

Acting for an international automotive group in respect of a £1 million breach of contract claim in a cross-border matter against a Polish defendant.

Breach of contract/fiduciary claim

Advising a shareholder in respect of a breach of contract/breach of fiduciary claim against a purchaser in respect of a £5 million claim.

Enforcement advice

Advising in respect of enforcement against a defendant who had defrauded his employer.

Claims against directors

Advising an administrator in respect of claims against directors of an unregistered company.

Asset sale dispute

Advising the seller in respect of breach of an asset sale agreement of a wholesale business including in respect of defending counterclaims for breach of warranty.

Defending directors

Successfully defending two directors against claims of £35 million for breach of fiduciary duty and conspiracy to cause loss – Henderson & Jones Limited v Ross and Barnes (High Court).

Partnership dissolution claims

Defending partnership dissolution claims and unfair prejudice petitions against a £30 million business – Loveridge v Loveridge (High Court and Court of Appeal).

Freezing injunction advice

Advising an individual on a freezing injunction pursued by a provisional liquidator over claims involving an alleged £50 million Ponzi scheme – Hunt v Black Capital (High Court and Court of Appeal).

MTIC fraud

Acting for the liquidator in multi-million-pound claims over MTIC fraud within the supply chain of companies involved in the retail sector.

Claims against directors

Advising an administrator in respect of claims against directors of an unregistered company.

Asset sale dispute

Advising the seller in respect of breach of an asset sale agreement of a wholesale business including in respect of defending counterclaims for breach of warranty.

Defending directors

Successfully defending two directors against claims of £35 million for breach of fiduciary duty and conspiracy to cause loss – Henderson & Jones Limited v Ross and Barnes (High Court).

Partnership dissolution claims

Defending partnership dissolution claims and unfair prejudice petitions against a £30 million business – Loveridge v Loveridge (High Court and Court of Appeal).

Freezing injunction advice

Advising an individual on a freezing injunction pursued by a provisional liquidator over claims involving an alleged £50 million Ponzi scheme – Hunt v Black Capital (High Court and Court of Appeal).

MTIC fraud

Acting for the liquidator in multi-million-pound claims over MTIC fraud within the supply chain of companies involved in the retail sector.

External recognition
Rankings from respected legal directories reflect the reputation our lawyers have earned across their key sectors and areas of practice.

What people are saying

Stephen Rome is an absolute star – he’s technically very able, great to deal with as counsel, can manage difficult clients and their expectations, and enjoys the respect of the opposing solicitors.

Legal 500

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