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Hausfeld & Co LLP Offices
12 GOUGH SQUARE
LONDON
EC4A 3DW
England
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John McElroy
Work Department
Commercial & Financial Services Disputes
Position
Partner & Head of Commercial Disputes, London
Career
John McElroy heads up London’s Commercial Disputes team and is a driving force behind the practice. He has worked on a range of commercial litigation and arbitration matters – often international – with an emphasis on financial services disputes. He has extensive experience of acting for and against groups of claimants and has close relationships with third-party funders, insurers and brokers.
He has been the Partner responsible for a number of The Lawyer’s Top 20 cases over the last few years. John is currently acting on a number of international arbitrations before the ICC and LCIA among other arbitral forums and most recently, he has been instructed on matters arising out of the COVID-19 pandemic involving issues such as force majeure and frustration. He is the lead partner on Trappit, a high profile intellectual property dispute, and Pro Pharma which deals with novel points in insurance law.
John is an Executive Committee Member of and often spokesperson for the London Solicitors Litigation Association (LSLA) and a Committee Member of Co-Operation Ireland’s London Legal Group. In June 2022, John was appointed to the London Chamber of Arbitration and Mediation (LCAM) Commercial Rent (Coronavirus) Act 2022 Arbitrator Panel.
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Lawyer Rankings
London > Dispute resolution > International arbitration
Hausfeld & Co LLP‘s ‘driven, focused, accomplished and experienced team‘ comprises sector specialists in finance, aviation, and claimant-side insurance. In November 2022, the ICC appointed Ned Beale to the International Chamber of Commerce’s UK Arbitration and ADR Committee; London commercial disputes head John McElroy focuses on complex financial services and contractual disputes; and Lucy Pert routinely manages international, cross-border commercial arbitrations. Elected the firm’s first female managing partner in London in early 2022, Lianne Craig has strong connections to the Spanish market.
London > Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: premium
(Leading individuals)Litigation boutique Hausfeld & Co LLP fields a ‘very focused, efficient, and on the ball’ team, acting for a vast range of longstanding premium clients. ‘Polished operator’ John McElroy is the head of the ‘always collaborative’ team, recently acting on Covid-19 related matters. Noted practitioners include the ‘excellent’ Lianne Craig, who is the managing partner of the firm, ‘super responsive’ Ned Beale, and Anna Gilbert, who has ‘one of the sharpest legal minds’.
London > Dispute resolution > Banking litigation: investment and retail
(Next Generation Partners)Hausfeld & Co LLP ‘attracts really interesting cases and turns out magic circle quality work‘, acting on high-profile commercial and financial service disputes, with extensive experience particularly in the competition sphere. John McElroy acts as the head of commercial disputes, with significant experience in fraud and energy linked banking disputes. Noted practitioners within the team include Anthony Maton, the ‘brilliant‘ Lianne Craig, and the ‘seriously impressive’ Lucy Pert.
Lawyer Rankings
- Leading individuals London > Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: premium
- Next Generation Partners London > Dispute resolution > Banking litigation: investment and retail
- Banking litigation: investment and retail London > Dispute resolution
- Commercial litigation: premium London > Dispute resolution
- International arbitration London > Dispute resolution
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Dispute resolution > Competition litigation
- Dispute resolution > Group litigation: Claimant
- Insurance > Product liability: claimant