Dan Jewell

Legal Director
About

Dan Jewell has over 10 years’ experience in domestic and international litigation, arbitration and alternative dispute resolution. His practice spans a broad range of sectors, including banking and financial services, energy and natural resources, technology, insurance, and construction.

Dan has represented clients before the High Court and Court of Appeal of England and Wales, the Dubai International Financial Centre Courts, the British Virgin Islands Court, and leading arbitral institutions including the LCIA and ICC, as well as in ad hoc arbitral proceedings under the UNCITRAL Rules.

Dan has also spent time on secondment to a multi-national universal bank, providing legal support on a broad range of matters within their Group Litigation and Regulatory team.

Professional QualificationsSolicitor-Advocate in England and WalesSolicitor of the Senior Courts of England and Wales

EXPERIENCE

  • Acting for a major bank in relation to a circa EUR150 million claim against a contractual counterparty under several deeds of indemnity guaranteeing the payment obligations of issuers under several Dutch and German RMBS securitisations.
  • Acting for a major European supplier of energy in a circa EUR3 billion dispute with a counterparty under several gas and power contracts.
  • Acting for a group of companies in relation to the first successful Part 26A restructuring plan for a German real estate development asset, with more than EUR1 billion of German law governed debt instruments restructured pursuant to the plan, as part of a multi-jurisdictional and multi-practice area team.
  • Acting for an oil and gas company in an ICC arbitration seated in Singapore relating to an EPCC project in Iran, with circa USD250 million in dispute.
  • Acting for an African state in defence of an UNCITRAL arbitration seated in London relating to a dispute under an English law contract, with circa USD270 million in dispute.
  • Acting for an issuer of securitised notes in relation to a Part 8 claim relating to contractual construction and a subsequent appeal, seeking a declaration that a premium was not payable to fixed rate noteholders on an early redemption of notes, with circa GBP169 million turning on the issue.
  • Acting for a global pharmaceutical company in defence of multi-party claims relating to competition matters.
  • Acting for a Russian group of companies in a dispute before the BVI courts in relation to a joint venture agreement between high-net-worth principals concerning assets of circa USD1 billion involving a number of jurisdictions including the BVI, Cyprus, Russia, Switzerland, and Singapore.
  • Acting for a global bank as defendant in a test case involving regulatory findings of misconduct in relation to LIBOR. The claimant’s case involved a claim for mis selling of interest rate hedging products and misrepresentations with respect to implied terms relating to LIBOR.
  • Acting for the bank in three further cases before the Commercial Court with mis-selling and LIBOR aspects, with quantum ranging up to circa GBP50 million.
  • Acting for an insurer defending a claim for additional commission brought by a union pursuant to an affinity scheme contract before the Commercial Court and the Court of Appeal, with the Supreme Court then refusing the union's application for a further appeal.
Education
  • Higher Rights of Audience (Civil)
  • College of Law, Moorgate: Legal Practice Course, 2008
  • Nottingham Law School, Graduate Diploma in Law, 2006


    University of York, History BA Hons, First-class honours (1st), 2005

Awards

Dan is recommended for Banking Litigation in Legal 500, with clients describing him as "very experienced, meticulous, effective", having previously been recognised as a “Rising Star”. Dan is also recommended in Legal 500 as a Leading Associate in Commercial Litigation: Premium.

Prior Experience

Dan trained with a London-based global law firm and spent 8 years at the firm, including two years in their Dubai office (between 2010 and 2012) where he enjoyed a mix of court work (primarily in the DIFC Courts) and arbitration. Dan returned to the firm's London office in 2012 and worked on a number of high value cases in the Commercial Court and Chancery Division, as well as high-profile investigations, and in 2014 completed a secondment to Barclays Bank PLC.

Dan has Higher Rights of Audience, qualifying him to represent clients as a Solicitor Advocate in civil cases in the Higher Courts of England and Wales.

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