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Jonathan
Nash QC
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1986; QC 2006; BA (Oxon)
E-mail: jnash@3vb.com |
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Jonathan
Nash has a commercial practice specialising in banking and financial
services law; insurance and reinsurance; professional negligence;
and arbitration (both as counsel and arbitrator). He has considerable
experience of conducting litigation in the Commercial Court
in London and abroad, and acts regularly for clients from Europe,
the US, the Middle East and Asia.
Jonathan
was ranked for many years as a leading junior in Banking and
Finance and Commercial Litigation in legal directories. He
has been described as "one of the pre-eminent juniors
at the banking Bar", and as an advocate who "gets
to the issues very quickly". "Super-cool, calm and
collected", he is also "extremely bright, articulate
and diligent", combining "a good technical ability
with an approachable manner" (all citations from Chambers
& Partners Guide to the Legal Profession 2006).
Jonathan
took silk in 2006 and has been identified as one of the leading
new QC's in Banking and Finance and Commercial Litigation.
He is described as a "clever and dogged litigator",
admired by opponents for his "bulletproof defence of
clients" (Chambers & Partners 2007).
Main
Practice Areas
- Commercial
litigation and arbitration, including experience of the
gas and electricity industries, pharmaceuticals, railways,
telecommunications, and the television industry, with specialist
expertise in commercial agency disputes.
- Banking
and Financial Services, including all aspects of domestic
and international banking, securities, derivatives (futures,
options and swaps) and structured products, (with specialist
expertise in the ISDA Master Agreement and Definitions)
and regulatory issues relating to them.
- Insurance
and reinsurance, acting for insureds, insurers, retrocessionaires
and brokers, with experience of all types of quota share
and excess of loss programmes and profit-share arrangements.
- Professional
Negligence, including in particular acting for solicitors,
barristers, accountants, insurance brokers, fund managers,
and their PI insurers.
Examples
of Recent Work:
Commercial Litigation and Arbitration
- Pfizer
Ltd. v Dainippon Sumitomo Pharma Co. Ltd. [2006] All
ER (D) 172 - jurisdiction application arising from dispute
between pharmaceutical companies - considering the effect
of a change of structure within licensee's corporate group.
- Hilcourt
(Docklands) Ltd v Teliasonera AB [2006] EWHC 508 (Ch)
- application for stay of execution of arbitration award
where tenant under long-term lease alleged that lease had
been procured by fraud.
- Kurt
Geiger Ltd. v Italian Buying Office (2006) - acting
for buying agent in shoe industry in commercial agency dispute
arising from termination of agency.
- PJ
Pipe & Valve Co Ltd. v Audco India Ltd. [2005] EWHC
1904 - claim by commercial agent in the oil industry for
compensation upon termination of the agency.
- Currently
(2007) appointed arbitrator under the London Maritime Arbitrators
Association rules in dispute arising from CFR contract for
sale of scrap metal.
- Counsel
in major ad hoc arbitration between operating companies
in the rail industry.
Banking
and Financial Services
- IFE
Fund SA v Goldman Sachs International [2006] EWHC 2887
(Comm) - claim by mezzanine investment fund against arranger
of syndicated loan facility for misrepresentation and non-disclosure.
- The
Argo Fund Ltd v Essar Steel Ltd. [2006] 2 Lloyds Rep.
134 - claim by hedge fund to enforce payment obligations
under syndicated loan tranches - leading authority on the
meaning of "financial institution" in loan documentation.
- Currently
advising Italian bank in relation to fraud claims arising
from the structured products utilised in a securitisation.
Insurance
and Reinsurance
- Tioxide
Europe Ltd. v CGU International Insurance plc [2005]
2 CLC 329 - claim for indemnity from excess layer insurers
arising out of all risks coverage - issues of coverage and
notification.
- Groupama
v Overseas Partners Re [2004] 1 All ER (Comm) 893 -
claim by reinsured against retrocessionaire under liability
policy - issues of non-disclosure and misrepresentation.
- Currently
acting for leading broker in dispute concerning placement
of reinsurance for Middle East energy risks.
Editor
of the insurance chapter in the (forthcoming) 16th edition of
Bullen & Leake & Jacob's Precedents of Pleadings.
Professional Negligence
- SEB
Trygg Holding v Manches [2006] 2 All ER (Comm) 38 -
claim against solicitors for alleged breach of warranty
in conduct of arbitration proceedings for German corporation.
- Groupama
v Overseas Partners Re [2004] 1 All ER (Comm) 893 -
claim by reinsured against retrocessionaire under liability
policy - issues of non-disclosure and misrepresentation.
- Currently
acting for leading broker in dispute concerning placement
of reinsurance for Middle Eastern energy risks.
Recent
Talks and Lectures
- Recent
Developments in Derivatives Litigation [2006]
- Claims
for "Loss of a Chance" [2006]
- Indemnity
Insurance: the Lessons from Enterprise Oil v Strand Insurance
Company Limited [2006]
Academic
and Professional
- 1981-1984:
Scholar of St John's College, Oxford; BA (Hons) (1984).
- 1986:
Goldie Award (Gray's Inn); called to the Bar.
- 1987:
Karmel prizewinner (Common Law) - Gray's Inn. Tenant at
Chambers of Neville Thomas QC (now 3 Verulam Buildings).
- 2006:
appointed Queen's Counsel.
Language
French
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