Rebecca Jacobs > Chambers of Gavin Kealey KC > London, England > Barrister Profile

Rebecca Jacobs

+44 (0)20 7910 8300 seniorclerks@7kbw.co.uk

Position

Rebecca has a broad commercial practice, with a particular focus on insurance and reinsurance, jurisdiction and conflicts of laws, commodities, shipping, civil fraud and general commercial disputes. She has been instructed in matters spanning the full range of Chambers’ work and is equally comfortable acting on her own and as part of a team. She has appeared led in the Court of Appeal, Commercial Court, Chancery Division and in international arbitrations and unled in the Commercial Court, Queen’s Bench Division and County Court.

Current and recent instructions include acting for a major market insurer in very high-value aviation insurance claims arising out of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, including in a successful joinder application (AerCap Ireland Limited v AIG and Others [2023] EWHC 96 (Comm)); acting as sole counsel for the successful defendant in an application to the High Court under s.67 Arbitration Act (Emirates Shipping Line v Gold Star Line [2023] EWHC 880 (Comm)); appearing in the Court of Appeal in a dispute arising out of an offshore geotechnical contract; acting (as sole counsel) for Lloyd’s syndicates in a claim against an international art dealer under a consignment agreement for the loss of a high-value painting; several high-value reinsurance arbitrations arising from Covid-19; and an appeal to the Commercial Court under s.69 Arbitration Act concerning aggregation for Covid-19 losses under a catastrophe excess of loss reinsurance policy.

Rebecca has a particular interest in private international law and has worked on a number of cases involving jurisdictional and choice of law issues.

Rebecca accepts instructions, led or unled, in any commercial dispute. In appropriate cases, she is happy to accept pro bono instructions.

Career

Tenant at 7KBW 2019-present

Memberships

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