Profile

Jodie is a senior associate in the commercial disputes team and based in our Manchester office.

Jodie advises individual and corporate clients in a variety of sectors on high value and complex commercial disputes, often with an international element.

Her experience includes:

  • Contractual disputes
  • Shareholder disputes
  • Banking and financial services disputes
  • Civil fraud
  • Breach of confidence proceedings
  • Contempt of court proceedings
  • Claims relating to cyber breaches
  • Multi-jurisdictional government investigations

Qualifications:

  • Qualified in England and Wales in 2016

Work highlights

  • Acting for an ultra-high net worth individual in a long-running and high-value shareholder dispute and related contempt of court proceedings.
  • Acting for a fund specialising in illiquid securities in breach of confidence proceedings against former potential business partners.
  • Acting for a global conglomerate and its CEO in defence of claims for breach of contracts for the financing of container ships and unlawful means conspiracy.
  • Acting for a financial institution in proceedings relating to the effect of UK, EU and US sanctions against Russia on a confirming bank’s obligations to make payments under letters of credit.
  • Acting for a FTSE 100 company in ICC arbitration proceedings brought by the purchaser of one of its major international businesses.
  • Advising a major accounting firm in relation to investigations by the Financial Reporting Council and Serious Fraud office.