Ravi Jackson

Ravi has a busy practice in commercial disputes. He is regularly instructed to act in market leading cases in the English courts and in foreign jurisdictions (in particular, in the Middle East). He is ranked by the Legal 500 in both Commercial Litigation and Middle East (Commercial), where he is described as “superb”, “an excellent barrister”, and “a strong advocate”.

His current cases in England include:

• Rosgonki v FOWC (2025-Present): Acting for Formula One in a $24m dispute arising out of the cancellation of the 2022 Russian Grand Prix (led by Saima Hanif KC).
• VTB Capital plc v JPMS plc (2025-Present): Acting for J.P. Morgan in a £15m claim arising out of US sanctions against Russia (led by Camilla Bingham KC).
• Virgo Marine & Anr v Reed Smith LLP v Barclays Bank plc (2023-Present): Acting for Barclays in an $11m dispute arising out of US sanctions against Iran (led by Craig Morrison KC).
• ECI Software Solutions Ltd v Scothern & Ors (2024-Present): Acting for a shareholder group in a £7m misrepresentation claim in the Commercial Court arising out of the sale of a software business (sole counsel).
• MacDermid Performance Solutions UK Limited v Jakeman & Ors (2023-Present): Acting for the claimant in a £3m breach of warranty claim arising out of the acquisition of a chemical products business (led by, variously, Rajesh Pillai KC and Farhaz Khan KC).
• Barclay Lawrence v BDO LLP & Stone King LLP (2023-Present): Acting for the claimant in a professional negligence claim arising out of an inheritance tax scheme (led by Jonathan Davies-Jones KC).
• Cross & Anr v Rogers (2023-Present): Acting in a £800k misrepresentation and breach of warranty claim arising out of the acquisition of a business providing financial planning advice (2023-Present) (sole counsel).

His current cases in the Middle East include:

• Alawwal Capital JSC v Rasmala Investment Bank Limited (2024-Present): Acting for an investment bank in a $7.6 million misrepresentation claim in the DIFC Courts arising out of investments made into a trade finance fund (led by Yash Bheeroo).
• Albulaihid & Anr v Shehata & Ors (2024-Present): Acting for the claimants in a shareholder dispute in the DIFC Courts concerning the ownership of a valuable piece of medical software and alleged misappropriation of company funds (led by Tom Montagu-Smith KC).
• Accuracy Middle East Advisory Ltd v Debelak (2023-Present): Acting in an AU$ 800k dispute before the DIFC Courts (sole counsel).

Notable previous instructions include:

• IFC & Anr v Bank Audi SAL (2024-2025): Acting for a Lebanese bank in a $230m claim arising out the Lebanese banking crisis (led by Adrian Beltrami KC).
• Peregrine Aviation Bravo Limited & Ors v Laudamotion & Anr (2021-2023): Acting for the world’s largest aircraft leasing group in a $40m dispute with the Ryanair group relating to the termination of aircraft leasing agreements (led by Bankim Thanki KC and William Edwards).
• Tugushev v Orlov & Ors (2021-2022): Acting for a defendant in the long-running Commercial Court proceedings relating to the Russian fishing giant Norebo (led by Hodge Malek KC and James Potts).
• SKAT v Solo Capital Partners LLP & Ors (2020-2021): Acting for a custodian defendant in the £1.5bn fraud claim by the Danish tax authority (led by Saima Hanif KC; one of The Lawyer’s Top 20 Cases of 2021).
• National Bank of Kazakhstan & Republic of Kazakhstan v The Bank of New York Mellon & Ors [2020] EWHC 916 (Comm), [2020] 1 CLC 691: Acting for Kazakhstan and its national bank in a $530m Financial List dispute relating to sums frozen by foreign attachment orders (led by Ali Malek KC, David Quest KC and William Edwards; one of The Lawyer’s Top 20 Cases of 2020).
• Atlas Residential Solutions Management UK Ltd & Anr v Greengate SARL [2019] EWHC 2788 (Comm); [2020] EWHC 366 (Comm): Acting for the claimants in a contractual dispute relating to the Anaconda Cut tower in Manchester (led by David Quest KC and Rajesh Pillai).

Ravi has deep expertise in international arbitration and related court proceedings. He is ranked by both the Legal 500 and Chambers and Partners for International Arbitration. The directories describe him as “an incredibly capable junior” who is “extremely diligent”, “very proactive” and “a pleasure to work with”.

His current and recent cases include:

• ICC arbitration (2023-2025): Acting in a $70m arbitration arising out of a luxury hotel development project in Croatia (led by Ali Malek KC).
• Atban’s Corporation v Bank of Singapore Limited (DIFC Branch) (2024-Present): Acting for the Bank of Singapore in a DIAC arbitration and related DIFC court proceedings arising out of an alleged fraud relating to the transfer of corporate bonds (led by Yash Bheeroo).
• ICC arbitration (2024-Present): Acting for the claimant in a €67m arbitration arising out of the management of a luxury hotel in Hungary (led by Matthew Watson).
• Republic of Kosovo v ContourGlobal Kosovo LLC (2023-2024): Acting for the claimant in a section 68 challenge to a €20m ICC arbitral award (led by Yash Bheeroo).
• LCIA arbitration (2020-2023): Acting for an ultra-high-net-worth individual in a $2.2m dispute against his former advisor involving a claim under an indemnity and alleged breaches of confidence / misuse of private information (led by David Head KC).
• LCIA arbitration (2019-2023): Acting in a $200m dispute arising out of litigation funding agreements (led by, variously, Peter de Verneuil Smith KC and Tom Lowe KC).
• DIFC-LCIA arbitration (2022-2024): Acting in a £14m arbitration seated in the DIFC arising out of the management of luxury hotels in Saudi Arabia (led by Yash Bheeroo).
• LCIA arbitration (2020-2022): Acting in a $4.6m dispute arising out of a joint venture for the development of video games (led by Nicholas Craig KC).
• UNCITRAL arbitration (2021-2022): Acting in a €4.5m dispute arising out of a joint venture relating to high-end hotels located in Greece (led by Hefin Rees KC).

Civil fraud and asset recovery is a major part of Ravi’s practice. He has wide experience of claims involving deceit, breach of trust, tracing, conspiracy, dishonest assistance, knowing receipt, fraudulent directors, and bank frauds. He is ranked by Chambers and Partners for Civil Fraud, where he is praised for his “very good style of oral advocacy” and his ability to “delv[e] into detail and identif[y] key issues”, “disti[l] complex claims into concise particulars”, and “provid[e] very good advice coupled with a commercial and practical approach”.

His current and recent cases include:

• Albulaihid & Anr v Shehata & Ors (2024-Present): Acting for the claimants in a shareholder dispute in the DIFC Courts concerning the ownership of a valuable piece of medical software and alleged misappropriation of company funds (led by Tom Montagu-Smith KC).
• Atban’s Corporation v Bank of Singapore Limited (DIFC Branch) (2024-Present): Acting for the Bank of Singapore in a DIAC arbitration and related DIFC court proceedings arising out of an alleged fraud relating to the transfer of corporate bonds (led by Yash Bheeroo).
• Byju’s Alpha v OCI Limited & Ors (2024): Acting on behalf of a company and its executives in resisting the enforcement of a foreign letter of request.
• DIFC-LCIA arbitration (2022-2024): Acting in a £14m fraud dispute arising out of the management of luxury hotels in the Middle East (led by Yash Bheeroo).
• Advising on resisting the enforcement in the DIFC of an AED 36m onshore Dubai judgment arising out of an alleged fraud (2023) (led by Yash Bheeroo).
• Acting in a $154m fraud dispute arising out of alleged interference in the bidding process for an Israeli public tender (2022-Present) (sole counsel).
• Topview Investments Limited & Ors v Atkar & Ors (2021-2023): Acting for two defendants in a multi-party fraud dispute in the Chancery Division concerning the ownership and sale of a hotel in Essex worth around £14m (led by David Head KC).
• Tugushev v Orlov & Ors (2021-2022): Acting for a defendant in the long-running Commercial Court proceedings relating to the Russian fishing giant Norebo (led by Hodge Malek KC and James Potts).
• SKAT v Solo Capital Partners LLP & Ors (2020-2021): Acting for a custodian defendant in the £1.5bn fraud claim by the Danish tax authority (led by Saima Hanif KC; one of The Lawyer’s Top 20 Cases of 2021).
• TMO Renewables Ltd (in liquidation) v Yeo & Ors: [2021] EWHC 2033 (Ch): Acting for the joint liquidators of a company in a £40m pound fraud claim against the company’s former directors and advisor (led by Andrew Sutcliffe KC and George McPherson).

Ravi’s practice embraces a broad range of banking and finance disputes including claims involving misselling of financial products, payment services and regulatory investigations. He is also a contributor to the leading practitioner’s textbook on banking law: Paget’s Law of Banking (16^th Ed.). He is ranked by the Legal 500 in Banking and Finance.

His current and recent cases include:

• IFC & Anr v Bank Audi SAL (2024-Present): Acting for a Lebanese bank in a $230m claim arising out the Lebanese banking crisis (led by Adrian Beltrami KC).
• Cantor Fitzgerald & Co. v YES Bank Limited [2023] EWHC 745 (Comm), [2024] EWCA Civ 695: Acting for a New York broker/investment bank at trial and in the Court of Appeal in a $7m dispute with an Indian commercial bank arising out of the provision of corporate finance services (led by Adrian Beltrami KC).
• Advising an insurer in a €150m dispute with a manufacturer of specialist electronic equipment (2022) (led by Adrian Beltrami KC).
• Acting in possession proceedings concerning a property in London worth around £18m (2022-2023) (sole counsel).
• R (on the application of T) v Financial Conduct Authority [2021] EWHC 396 (Admin); [2021] 1 WLR 3246: Acting for the successful claimants in a commercial judicial review obtaining a rare stay of disciplinary proceedings brought by the FCA in favour of parallel Commercial Court proceedings (led by Saima Hanif KC).
• Sogexia SARL v R Raphael & Sons plc [2019] EWHC 2577 (Ch): Successfully obtained a (rarely granted) short notice mandatory interim injunction preventing the respondent bank from terminating a payment services agreement (led by Saima Hanif).

Ravi’s practice regularly includes disputes which raise issues relating to international sanctions. He has acted in a variety of sanctions-related cases, including most recently a number of disputes relating to UK and US sanctions imposed against Russia and Iran.

His current and recent cases include:

• Rosgonki v FOWC (2025-Present): Acting for Formula One in a $24m dispute arising out of the cancellation of the 2022 Russian Grand Prix (led by Saima Hanif KC).
• VTB Capital plc v JPMS plc (2025-Present): Acting for J.P. Morgan in a £15m claim arising out of US sanctions against Russia (led by Camilla Bingham KC).
• Virgo Marine & Anr v Reed Smith LLP v Barclays Bank plc (2023-Present): Acting for Barclays in an $11m dispute arising out of US sanctions against Iran (led by Craig Morrison KC).
• Acting for a Malaysian company in a dispute relating to non-payment under a bank guarantee arising out of EU sanctions against Iran (2019-2020) (led by Adam Kramer KC).

Ravi’s practice includes acting on behalf of regulators in both civil and regulatory proceedings. In particular, he regularly acts on behalf of the SRA in proceedings against current and former solicitors. His current and recent cases include:

• Laing v SRA (2024-Present): Acting for the SRA in long-running civil proceedings against a former solicitor.
• SDT proceedings (2024-Present): Acting for the SRA in SDT proceedings against a solicitor relating to alleged conflicts of interest.
• High Court proceedings (2025-Present): Acting for the SRA in an appeal by a solicitor against a decision of the SDT striking off the solicitor.