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Stewarts Law LLP Offices

Stewarts Law LLP
5 NEW STREET SQUARE
LONDON
EC4A 3BF
England
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Marc Jones

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Work Department

Commercial Litigation and Fraud 

Position

Partner in the Competition Litigation, Fraud and Securities Litigation departments.

Marc specialises in high-value commercial and financial disputes, often involving complex financial products and foreign/offshore jurisdictions.

Marc acts for financial institutions, public and private companies, states and state-entities, and high net worth individuals in complex commercial and financial disputes. His key practice areas include securities litigation, company and shareholder disputes, professional negligence, fraud claims, asset tracing and related injunctions such as freezing orders.

Marc has been the lead partner in a number of ground-breaking cases, including:

  • Robertson v Person Unknown (in which the High Court treated Bitcoin as legal property and the claimant recovered £1million of bitcoin);
  • the Golden Belt bond litigation (the only case in which the High Court has found that an arranging bank owed a duty of care to the secondary bond market); and
  • the Standard & Poor’s litigation (the only occasion on which a rating agency has been sued in the UK for negligently rating complex derivatives).

Career

Marc read law as an undergraduate and postgraduate at Oxford University and qualified as a solicitor at Ashurst in 1999. He joined Stewarts in December 2009 and has been a partner since May 2013.

Languages

Basic French.

Memberships

  • International Bar Association
  • London Solicitors Litigation Association
  • Association International Jeunesse Avocat

Education

University of Oxford (1991-95, BA, law; BCL, law); Inns of Court School of Law (1995-96).

Lawyer Rankings

London > Dispute resolution > Banking litigation: investment and retail

Stewarts Law LLP fields ‘one of the top litigation teams in London’ and one that acts frequently for some of the largest international financial institutions, multi-national corporations, and high-net-worth individuals. The team has carved out a niche specialism in securities litigation, having represented shareholders in high-profile proceedings brought against Tesco, and similarly acting for institutional investors in relation to Glencore. Clive Zietman is a ‘superstar who has driven the team to success’ and leads the department, bringing 30 years of experience in large-scale litigation. ‘Tenacious, driven, and analytical’ Marc Jones, ‘smart, indefatigable and creative’ Fiona Gillett, and ‘impressive litigator’ Keith Thomas are key names to note at partner level, alongside Sean Upson and Lucy Ward.

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