Stephanie is a partner in the Dispute Resolution Department.
She is an experienced commercial litigator, acting for domestic and international clients across a broad range of contentious matters, often involving high-profile and complex claims of significant value.
Stephanie has particular expertise in the financial services sector, both in litigation and contentious regulatory investigations, and in matters involving allegations of fraud. She also has a breadth of experience, having acted variously on post-M&A, insolvency, environmental, intellectual property and defamation disputes. Her cases frequently have a multi-jurisdictional element to them.
Stephanie is one of the partners who represented Hewlett Packard in its highly publicised US$5 billion fraud claims arising out of the US$11 billion acquisition of Autonomy Corporation plc in late 2011. Stephanie also led Hewlett Packard's successful defence of the $160 million counterclaim – in respect of certain public statements made by Hewlett-Packard – brought by the first defendant, Michael Lynch, in those proceedings. The Travers Smith team was awarded 'Innovation in Disputes' at the Financial Times Innovative Lawyers Europe Awards 2023 for its work on the case.
Stephanie is recommended in The Legal 500 UK for her contentious financial services work and is also recognised in the 2024 edition of "Best Lawyers in the United Kingdom".
Throughout her career, Stephanie has played a significant role in Travers Smith's pro bono practice, including acting for survivors of domestic abuse and human trafficking. Stephanie also acts as Co-head of Graduate Recruitment at Travers Smith, responsible for identifying and recruiting our next generation of lawyers.