Overview
Jonathan Robb focuses his practice on commercial dispute resolution, representing clients across a variety of industries (including financial services, technology, energy and construction) at different levels and divisions of the English Courts as well as before international adjudication and arbitral tribunals. Jonathan also boasts significant experience in regulatory and corporate investigations and white-collar crime matters.
Prior to joining McDermott, Jonathan was seconded to a renewable energy investment fund, giving him first-hand experience of the day-to-day pressures that his clients face. Jonathan has always maintained an active pro bono practice, which has included acting for an Afghan judge and her son in their immigration appeal against the UK Home Office.
Results
- Acting for an Irish telecommunications company in a significant damages claim against a British multi-national telecommunications company
- Acting for the defendant-issuers of convertible loan notes in a post-acquisition dispute concerning loss of share value
- Acted for a US developer of facial recognition technology in its appeal against regulatory enforcement and penalty notices issued by the UK ICO*
- Acted for a global manufacturer of complex military hardware in a long-running, multi-billion-pound dispute with a UK public body, subject to arbitration*
- Acted for an arbitration award creditor in proceedings against the award debtor’s subsidiary in the Isle of Man, arguing that the subsidiary held its assets on trust for the award debtor, which assets could therefore be enforced against*
- Acted for a global law firm in defence of a claim for allegedly negligent advice in connection with the corporate reorganisation and capitalisation of the Cambridge Analytica group*
- Acted for the purchaser of an energy from waste biomass plant in a claim for breach of warranty brought under an insurance policy*
- Acted for a US publicly listed company in several complex disputes (with claims and counterclaims over US$2 billion) relating to the construction of two coal-fired power plants in Africa*
- Acted for an international bank in defence of a claim for alleged breach of a software licence agreement and copyright infringement*
- Acted in a SCC arbitration for co-licensors of industrial technology for claims in excess of $100 million in relation to the misuse of confidential information by a Chinese state-owned entity*
*Matter handled prior to joining McDermott.
Credentials
Education
BPP Law School, LPC, 2016
BPP Law School, GDL, 2015
University of Bristol, BA (First Class Honours), 2014
Admissions
England and Wales
Languages
English
Spanish
