Speaker Profile
Jonathan Nash QC,
3 Verulam Buildings
Jonathan Nash has a commercial practice specialising in banking and financial services law; insurance and reinsurance; professional negligence; and arbitration (both as counsel and arbitrator). He has considerable experience of conducting litigation in the Commercial Court in London and abroad, and acts regularly for clients from Europe, the US, the Middle East and Asia.
Jonathan was ranked for many years as a leading junior in Banking and Finance and Commercial Litigation in legal directories. He has been described as "one of the pre-eminent juniors at the banking Bar", and as an advocate who "gets to the issues very quickly". "Super-cool, calm and collected", he is also "extremely bright, articulate and diligent", combining "a good technical ability with an approachable manner" (all citations from Chambers & Partners Guide to the Legal Profession 2006).
Jonathan took silk in 2006 and has been identified as one of the leading new QC's in Banking and Finance and Commercial Litigation. He is described as a "clever and dogged litigator", admired by opponents for his "bulletproof defence of clients" (Chambers & Partners 2007).
Main Practice Areas
- Commercial litigation and arbitration, including experience of the gas and electricity industries, pharmaceuticals, railways, telecommunications, and the television industry, with specialist expertise in commercial agency disputes.
- Banking and Financial Services, including all aspects of domestic and international banking, securities, derivatives (futures, options and swaps) and structured products, (with specialist expertise in the ISDA Master Agreement and Definitions) and regulatory issues relating to them.
- Insurance and reinsurance, acting for insureds, insurers, retrocessionaires and brokers, with experience of all types of quota share and excess of loss programmes and profit-share arrangements.
- Professional Negligence, including in particular acting for solicitors, barristers, accountants, insurance brokers, fund managers, and their PI insurers.
