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Jonathan Smart

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Work Department

Commercial Litigation

Position

Jon is the head of Shoosmiths’ mobility sector, overseeing the firm’s growth across automotive, rail, logistics and the future of transport.

He also leads the Solent office’s litigation services team – advising on complex, high value commercial disputes.

His practice has a particular emphasis in:

• IT and outsourcing disputes;
• contract and supply chain litigation; and
• corporate and shareholder disputes.

Jon has a particularly strong reputation in the automotive and technology sectors and works with a number of leading automotive manufacturers and global IT companies including Volkswagen Group, IKEA and Honda Motor Europe. Jon is also a member of the Society for Computers and Law.

Recent work includes:

• pursuing claims for a US technology company in respect of a multi-million pound dispute arising from a global IT outsourcing agreement;
• advising a leading FTSE 100 company in respect of a £40 million supply chain dispute involving a leading retail chain;
• acting for a global automotive manufacturer in a multi million pound telecommunications dispute, including pursuing claim relating to the procurement process, contractual interpretation and exit;
• defending a leading IT company from claims exceeding £20milllion arising from an complex software development project; and
• acting in the matter of HHH v GGG in defending a £40 million claim arising from the payment of bribes to a foreign public official, which are the subject of a parallel criminal investigation by the Serious Fraud Office.

Jon is regularly asked to contribute to leading publications and is the author of the Lexis Nexis chapter on “Termination of Distribution Agreements”.

Memberships

Law Society of England ＆ Wales; SCL – Society for Computers and Law