Stuart Broom

Stuart is a partner in the Disputes and Investigations group. He advises clients on a broad range of commercial disputes and investigations in the financial services sector. He has particular expertise in professional negligence actions, including claims and investigations in the accountancy profession, having acted on many high profile disputes and regulatory investigations.

Stuart also advises on corporate and commercial disputes, including contractual disputes, fraud and asset recovery actions and shareholder disputes.

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CV

Since 2020 Partner, Taylor Wessing

2019 - 2020 Senior Counsel, Taylor Wessing

2014 - 2019 Senior Associate, Taylor Wessing

Career

Since 2020 Partner, Taylor Wessing

2019 - 2020 Senior Counsel, Taylor Wessing

2014 - 2019 Senior Associate, Taylor Wessing

Education

2009 Admitted as a lawyer, England & Wales

2007 LPC, Nottingham Law School

2006 LLB degree, University of Warwick

Awards

Legal 500 UK 2025

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Legal 500 UK 2023

Legal 500 UK 2022

Experience

Auditor negligence claims relating to Patisserie Valerie chain.

Acted on the defence of auditor negligence claims valuing £200 million, and associated regulatory and criminal proceedings, relating to the collapse of the Patisserie Valerie chain.

Andrew Howell

Katie Chandler

Stuart Broom

Stephanie High

Gemma Broughall

FRC v Deloitte (Autonomy)

Acted for Deloitte in relation to legal and regulatory issues arising from the GBP5 billion restatement of Autonomy’s financial statements in 2012 following the acquisition of Autonomy by Hewlett Packard.

Stuart Broom

Jessie Prynne

Julian Randall

Max Kempe