Josh is a Managing Associate in the Commercial Litigation team in the Dispute Resolution Department.
He advises on complex, multijurisdictional English court proceedings, including disputes across a wide range of subject matters such as shareholder claims under sections 90/90A FSMA, contractual disputes, professional negligence, civil fraud, insurance disputes, and costs proceedings. He has advised clients across a number of sectors, including financial services, technology, transport, manufacturing, betting & gaming, media and insurance.
He has a particular interest in funded group actions and is a contributing author to The Law and Business of Litigation Finance (2nd Ed.; Bloomsbury Professional; 2024).
Key Experience
- Acting for a group of over 13,000 London black cab drivers in their claim against Uber for unlawful means conspiracy.
- Acting for a group of investors in claims under s90 and s90A FSMA against Reckitt Benckiser Group Plc and Indivior Plc.
- Acting for the UK subsidiaries of publisher Bonnier Books in a claim against their former auditor alleging negligence in the audits of their financial statements.
- Advising a software development company in relation to a dispute with a software provider over contractual termination rights.
- Advising a product manufacturer in a pre-action product liability dispute.
- Acting for various multinational companies in settling different contractual and tortious claims brought in England.
- Acting for JPMorgan in its successful defence of a Quincecare claim brought by the Federal Republic of Nigeria (Federal Republic of Nigeria v JPMorgan Chase Bank NA [2022] EWHC 1447 (Comm)).
Career History
Associate, Mishcon de Reya LLP
Associate, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP
Trainee, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP
BPP Law School, Graduate Diploma in Law and Legal Practice Course
University of Cambridge, BA