Daniel Travers > Jones Day > London, England > Lawyer Profile

The team at Jones Day boasts a ‘incredibly impressive marriage of fastidious attention to factual detail and carefully thought out litigation strategy’ and routinely acts on commercially sensitive, complex disputes. ‘Hugely charismatic and confident practitioner’ Sion Richards heads up the team, advising on multijurisdictional investigations and high-value civil litigation. Also of note are ‘top class litigation partner’ Rhys Thomas, ‘exceptionally talented partners’ Ben Larkin and Adam Brown, and ‘very bright’ Daniel Travers. At associate level, Sarah Batley is commended for her ‘good litigation instincts’.

Jones Day‘s civil fraud team is hailed as ‘the best in the business‘, and is, in particular, ‘at the top of the field for complex cross-border fraud and asset tracing‘.  The practice is ‘full to the rafters with experienced, canny litigators‘ which includes Barnaby Stueck, an ‘absolutely first class‘ specialist for asset tracing and enforcement, contentious insolvency, and investment fund disputes, as well as ‘efficient operator‘ Annabel Treadgold and Daniel Travers. Associate James Fidler is a ‘shrewd lawyer‘ who specialises in advice to clients from the Asia-Pacific region. The practice is headed by ‘crème de la crème of civil fraud lawyers in London‘, Sion Richards, who is ‘particularly strong on fraud, particularly in an insolvency context‘. The team has recently also been active in defence work for banks, which included disclosure and vicarious liability issues, and has acted for several banks from the Middle East.