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Jayne Bentham
Work Department
Dispute resolution.
Position
Jayne is a partner in the Disputes & Investigations team and heads up the TMT disputes group. Jayne has extensive experience of complex, high-value disputes, in international arbitration, litigation and mediation. She is focussed on the fields of technology and telecoms and has been awarded an Executive Certificate in Computer Science for Lawyers, from Harvard Law School. Jayne is an active member of the firm’s International Arbitration Group, and is also a member of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, and the Young LCIA and ICC groups.
Career
Qualified 2004; joined Simmons & Simmons 2006; managing associate 2010; partner 2012.
Memberships
LCIA Young International Arbitration Group; ICC Young Arbitrators Forum.
Lawyer Rankings
London > Dispute resolution > International arbitration
Simmons & Simmons‘ ‘impressive team’ is consistently sought out to act in commercial arbitration proceedings in the TMT, financial institutions, energy, construction and infrastructure sectors. The London office also fields experts in arbitral award-related annulment and enforcement proceedings. The firm’s UK international arbitration group is headed up by the ‘superb’ Stuart Dutson
. Jayne Bentham is a specialist in arbitrations concerning technology and telecoms companies and Ed Crosse is ‘a star litigator’. Emily Monastiriotis acts in heavyweight construction disputes. The practice further includes Basil Woodd-Walker, who ‘demonstrates superb knowledge of different arbitral institutions’, and Jonathan Schuman, who acts in high-value international arbitrations.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Artificial intelligence
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Fraud: civil
- Investment fund formation and management > Hedge funds
- Corporate and commercial > Equity capital markets – small-mid cap
- Risk advisory > Regulatory investigations and corporate crime (advice to corporates)
- Investment fund formation and management > Retail funds
Firm Rankings
- Dispute resolution > Banking litigation: investment and retail
- Finance > Derivatives and structured products
- Industry focus > Emerging markets
- Employment > Employers
- Corporate and commercial > Financial services: contentious
- Corporate and commercial > Financial services: non-contentious/regulatory
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Fintech: corporate and commercial
- Investment fund formation and management > Fund finance
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Intellectual property: patents (contentious and non-contentious)
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Intellectual property: trade marks, copyright and design
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > IT and telecoms
- Industry focus > Life sciences and healthcare
- Corporate and commercial > M&A: Lower Mid-Market Deals, £100m-£750m
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Mining and minerals
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Power (including electricity and nuclear)
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Renewables
- Finance > Securitisation
- Dispute resolution > Tax litigation and investigations
- Industry focus > TMT
- Finance > Bank lending: investment grade debt and syndicated loans
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: premium
- Real estate > Commercial property: investment
- Dispute resolution > Competition litigation
- Real estate > Construction: contentious
- Risk advisory > Data protection, privacy and cybersecurity
- Finance > Debt capital markets
- Corporate and commercial > Equity capital markets – small-mid cap
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Fraud: white-collar crime (advice to individuals)
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Infrastructure: Project finance and development
- Insurance > Insurance and reinsurance litigation
- Dispute resolution > International arbitration
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Oil and gas
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > PATMA: Patent attorneys
- Employment > Pensions (non-contentious)
- Insurance > Professional negligence
- Real estate > Property finance
- Dispute resolution > Public international law
- Corporate and commercial > VAT and indirect tax
- Real estate > Commercial property: development
- Real estate > Construction: non-contentious
- Employment > Employee share schemes
- Corporate and commercial > Equity capital markets: mid-large cap
- Corporate and commercial > EU and competition
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Infrastructure: M&A and acquisition financing
- Corporate and commercial > Partnership
- Insurance > Product liability: defendant
- Finance > Corporate restructuring & insolvency
- Real estate > Property litigation