George Jackson
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George Jackson

Senior Associate, Dispute Resolution

George Jackson trained at sister firm Memery Crystal, and was promoted to Senior Associate in 2024. He has extensive experience of commercial and corporate disputes, in particular as to finance, construction and M&A. He is regularly instructed to progress and defend complex, high-value, cross-border claims in the High Court and the London Court of International Arbitration, in particular where there are allegations of fraud.

His matters often involve interim remedies including freezing orders, security for costs and conditional orders, as well as summary judgment, and George has substantial experience of these procedures as claimant and defendant, in an arbitration context as well as in the courts.

George also has wide-ranging experience of enforcing judgments and protecting legal rights worldwide, and in enforcing overseas judgments in England, including working alongside lawyers in other jurisdictions to coordinate global projects to recover assets.

Recent experience:

  • Achieved expedited final judgement and 100% costs award in LCIA Arbitration in respect of hotel development project, and progressed enforcement proceedings in numerous overseas jurisdictions across Europe, Asia and the Middle East.
  • Acted for respondents in LCIA Arbitration in defence of €60 million claim regarding an African mine asset.
  • Instructed by CRF I Limited in landmark Commercial Court sovereign debt enforcement claim against the Banco Nacional de Cuba and the Republic of Cuba.
  • Acted for leading UK self-storage company in multi-million construction claims against various project consultants.
  • Acted for Marex Financial in their milestone, successful appeal to the Supreme Court, which defines the scope of the ‘reflective loss’ principle.
  • Acted for Medsted in substantial Court of Appeal proceedings arising from an introducer agreement.
  • Successfully registered enforcement of overseas judgement in England on human rights grounds.
  • Managed industrial developer’s claim against contractor through FIDIC Plant Design and Build dispute procedure.
  • Advised entrepreneur in respect of infringement of intellectual property.
  • Substantial experience in the insolvency courts, both in resisting liquidation and bankruptcy for project developer and high-net-worth individual and in processing liquidations on behalf of creditors.
  • Represented clients in international arbitration in respect of UNICITRAL and GAFTA rules, as well as LICA.

Awards and Recognition:

  • Winner of the 2018 Nigel Asquith Prize, given to the student across the University of Law branches who achieves the highest grade on the LPC Business module that year.

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