Year of Call: 1986
Year of Silk: 2010

Profile

Jonathan’s practice is largely litigation based and covers contractual and commercial disputes, company, insolvency, partnership and real property. He has considerable court experience. He has appeared in a number of recent reported cases at first instance and in the Court of Appeal. He has also acted in litigation in other jurisdictions and has appeared in Gibraltar and the Isle of Man. Jonathan’s practice also includes advisory work and extends to the more traditional areas of general Chancery work for which he is highly recommended.

Jonathan is recommended as a leading junior in Chambers UK Directory (for both company and traditional Chancery) and by The Legal 500 (for company).

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Publications
Financial Services : Authorisation, Supervision and Enforcement: A Litigator's Guide, Author

Notable Cases
In the Matter of Lehman Brothers Int (Europe) (In Admin) v GLG Investments Plc Sub-Fund:European Equity Fund & or [2010]
Karin Lucy Hay v Hendryk Szterbin, Joanna Barbara Szterbin, Green Wright Chalton Annis (2010)
In The Matter Of Lehman Brothers International (Europe) (In Administration) v CRC Credit Fund Ltd & 8 Ors (2009)
Chaitan Choudhary & Ors v Damodar Prasad Bhatter & Ors (2009)
Fahad Al Tamimi v Mohamed Khodari (2009)
Choudhary v Bhattar (2009)
Hageman v Holmes (2009)
Mohamed Khodari v Fahad Al Tamimi (2008)
A v B (2008)
Hameed v Qayyum (2008)
Peekay Intermark Ltd & Anor v Australia & New Zealand Banking Group Ltd [2006]
In the matter of Portfolios of Distinction Ltd: In the matter of Turning Point Seminars Ltd [2006]
Hameed v Qayyum & Ors (2006)
Kyrri-Royle v Burger King Ltd (2006)

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Memberships
COMBAR, Chancery Bar Association.

Qualifications
LLB (Wales) First Class, LLM (Cantab)

Chambers UK
Chancery - Traditional: “absolutely charming” Jonathan Russen is a general chancery practitioner with expertise in commercial disputes, trusts and Court of Protection matters. “A powerful advocate, he does an extremely good job on bad cases.” (2009); "commercially focused and doesn't get wrapped up in unnecessary legal minutiae." "In short, he's a traditional chancery practitioner who knows his way around a court." (2008)

Chambers UK
Partnership: "highly recommended in this field"; “Intellectually rigorous and technically excellent,”; “amenable and approachable” (2009) "... is praised for his "academic and tactical advice." (2008)

UK Legal 500
Company and Partnership: " ... Jonathan Russen is particularly impressive for partnership matters, cited for ‘his ability to approach partnership disputes with an eye on wider equitable remedies’" (2008); Company: 'knows a lot about company law and has the aptitude for it.' (2007); Partnership: 'lateral thinking' (2007)

Legal Experts 2008
Company, Partnership