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John Reynolds
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John Reynolds
Partner
5 Old Broad Street
London EC2N 1DW
United Kingdom
T: + 44 20 7532 1802
F: + 44 20 7532 1001
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Awards
International Arbitration Team of the Year
Practice Experience
John Reynolds is a commercial litigation partner in the London Dispute Resolution Group. He has a broad commercial litigation and arbitration practice with a particular focus on banking and finance disputes. John represents banks and other financial institutions in relation to the many aspects of their business where a dispute arises or there is a risk of dispute.
John has represented parties in the English courts at all levels and in numerous international arbitration tribunals. He has also litigated in jurisdictions outside the UK, including the Eastern Caribbean (in particular, British Virgin Islands, Anguilla, Antigua, St. Kitts and St. Lucia), Bermuda and other offshore jurisdictions.
John is a member of the International Bar Association and the British Association for Sport and Law. He is a member of the Committee of the Commercial Litigators Forum. He sits as an arbitrator, in particular in sports-related disputes. John is recognised as a leading litigator by
PLC Which Lawyer?, Chambers UK 2009, UK Legal 500 2008
and
Chambers Global 2008,
and was named in
The Lawyer's Hot 100 2008
as a leading litigator.
John joined White & Case in September 2006 from another major US firm where he was head of their UK dispute resolution practice.
Recent representations include:
Representing a party to litigation in the British Virgin Islands concerning a US$1.4 billion loan facility, currently on appeal to the Privy Council;
Advising the largest institutional shareholder in Northern Rock, including representation in proceedings against HM Treasury concerning the nationalisation of the bank;
Challenging, by way of Judicial Review, the Government's implementation into English law of the European directive on financial collateral arrangements; and
Regular advice to banks, in particular on issues arising from the "credit crunch".
Bars and Courts
England and Wales, 1987
Education
Postgraduate, University College London, Postgraduate certificate in Air Law, 1993
LPC, Bristol Polytechnic, 1985
LLB, Reading University, 1984
Citizenship
British
Practices
Litigation
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