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Practice Experience

Jason is a partner in the Dispute Resolution Department of the firm’s London office.

He has a broad range of experience in commercial litigation, arbitration and mediation, both national and international, and acts for clients in disputes involving matters such as breach of contract, joint venture agreements, banking, derivatives, professional negligence, fraud, breach of trust and insolvency.

Examples of recent representations in commercial litigation:

Representing the liquidators of an insolvent English company in a negligence claim against the company’s former auditors. This case formed part of a worldwide series of actions against the auditors, claims in respect of which exceeded $1 billion;
Acting for the Defendants in a claim concerning the Claimant’s entitlement to a final instalment of £2.5 million eight years after the sale of shares by the Claimant to one of the Defendants;
Representing the Claimant, a large financial institution, in an action to enforce disputed payment obligations totalling more than $500 million under a swap agreement entered into with another financial institution;
Acting in High Court dispute between two Central-European banks concerning an attempt by the Claimant to purchase $20 million of the Defendant’s distressed debt at a discount on the secondary market, with a view to setting it off at face value against deposits held by the Claimant;
Acting for financial and other institutions in actions to obtain possession of various commercial aircraft and to recover substantial damages; and
Acting for an affiliate of the Shell Group in a claim to recover principal and interest due under a substantial loan facility granted to an oil and gas exploration and production company.

Examples of recent representations in disputes counselling/risk management:

Advising the Mezzanine Steering Committee in the receivership of a large English auto-spares group that collapsed amidst allegations of fraud shortly after its purchase by a French group, including advice on possible claims against auditors, former directors and other parties;
Advising a major international financial institution on its obligations and potential liabilities arising out of the sale of another financial institution;
Advising syndicate of banks on enforcement options in relation to a sovereign default on a $900 million loan facility;
Advising a major international financial institution on the termination of a Pre-Export Financing Facility Agreement on the grounds of material adverse change and non-disclosure;
Advising a bank on the options available to it to recover sums due from TXU UK Limited after the collapse of the TXU Group; and
Advising an issuer on its potential exposure arising out of an offering circular.

Examples of recent representations in international arbitration:

Acting for a Central-European state privatisation authority and state electricity distributor in the defence of a $295 million international arbitration claim arising out of the privatisation of the state electricity industry;
Acting for a German multinational in its defence of an ICC arbitration concerning the termination of an exclusive licensing agreement; and
Acting for a state-owned party in the defence of a substantial claim for indemnification for environmental clean-up costs.

Bars and Courts
England and Wales, 1995

Education
LSF, College of Law, 1992
LLB, University of Essex, 1991
Diplôme, Université Jean Moulin, Lyon, 1990

Citizenship
British