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Jonathan Cary
Work Department
Commercial disputes
Position
Jonathan is a Partner specialising in banking and financial markets disputes and contentious regulatory matters.
He has extensive experience acting in litigation and arbitration matters for a broad range of clients, including corporates, funds, financial institutions and sovereigns. His experience includes conducting internal investigations and advising on a variety of compliance and regulatory issues, including FCA enforcement actions.
Jonathan is currently acting for the Federal Republic of Nigeria in its High Court claims against JP Morgan and Shell and ENI arising from the corrupt allocation of the OPL 245 oil block.
Jonathan has spent a significant proportion of his career in Hong Kong, where he is locally qualified. He has also spent time on secondment to the litigation and regulatory teams of two investment banks.
Career
Trained Herbert Smith; qualified (England & Wales) 2002; qualified (Hong Kong) 2006; Senior Associate, Shearman & Sterling 2011 to 2013; Partner, RPC 2013.
Memberships
Financial Services Lawyers Association; Inter-Pacific Bar Association; London Solicitors Litigation Association; The Law Society International Division.
Education
Birkdale School; University of Bristol (BA Hons. Classical Studies); College of Law, York, Common Professional Examination (Commendation) and Legal Practice Course (Distinction).
Lawyer Rankings
London > Dispute resolution > Banking litigation: investment and retail
RPC has a broad, international client base which includes sovereign states, asset managers and corporate entities. The group regularly acts for these clients in claims against prominent investment banks, with one client describing the team as having ‘the acumen and resilience needed to take on the mighty institutional behemoths in the biggest cases and deliver wins’. It also represents international banking clients in both defending and bringing claims. Simon Hart heads the banking and financial disputes practice, with experience across litigation involving leveraged finance, loan facilities and derivatives. Tom Hibbert
is global head of commercial disputes and is engaged on high-profile complex disputes. Other key figures in the team include Jonathan Cary, who has experience in both litigation and regulatory investigations. Andy McGregor departed the firm for Allen & Overy LLP .
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Corporate and commercial > Commercial contracts
- Risk advisory > Corporate governance
- Public sector > Education: schools
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Media and entertainment (including media finance)
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Reputation management
- Industry focus > Retail and consumer
- Corporate and commercial > Financial services: contentious
Firm Rankings
- Dispute resolution > Banking litigation: investment and retail
- Corporate and commercial > Customs and excise
- Employment > Health and safety
- Insurance > Insurance and reinsurance litigation
- Insurance > Insurance: corporate and regulatory
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > IT and telecoms
- Insurance > Product liability: defendant
- Insurance > Professional negligence
- Dispute resolution > Tax litigation and investigations
- Industry focus > TMT
- Corporate and commercial > VAT and indirect tax
- Insurance > Clinical negligence: defendant
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: premium
- Risk advisory > Data protection, privacy and cybersecurity
- Employment > Employers
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Fraud: civil
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Gaming and betting
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Intellectual property: trade marks, copyright and design
- Corporate and commercial > Partnership
- Risk advisory > Regulatory investigations and corporate crime (advice to corporates)
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Sport
- Real estate > Commercial property: corporate occupiers
- Dispute resolution > Competition litigation
- Real estate > Construction: contentious
- Corporate and commercial > Financial services: contentious
- Dispute resolution > International arbitration
- Industry focus > Life sciences and healthcare
- Corporate and commercial > M&A: lower mid-market deals, £50m-£500m
- Insurance > Personal injury: defendant
- Dispute resolution > Professional discipline
- Corporate and commercial > Financial services: non-contentious/regulatory
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Fraud: white-collar crime (advice to individuals)
- Corporate and commercial > Private equity: transactions - mid-market deals (up to £250m)
- Public sector > Administrative and public law
- Finance > Corporate restructuring & insolvency
- Private client > Art and cultural property