Ravi Jackson

Ravi has a busy commercial practice. He is regularly instructed to act in a range of disputes in the Commercial Court, Circuit Commercial Court and Chancery Division. In addition, Ravi has extensive experience of acting as a junior in substantial arbitrations under the major sets of institutional rules, including LCIA, ICC and UNCITRAL.

Current and recent instructions include:

• Peregrine Aviation Bravo Limited & Ors v Laudamotion & Anr (2021-Present): 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).
• LCIA arbitration (2020-Present): 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-Present): 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-Present): Acting in a £14m fraud dispute arising out of the management of luxury hotels in the Middle East (led by Yash Bheeroo).
• Expert determination (2022-Present): Acting in a £7m expert determination arising out of a share purchase agreement (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).
• 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).
• Advising on resisting the enforcement of a €50m ICC award (2022) (led by Hefin Rees KC).
• Acting for a lessor of an aircraft in a $1m dispute with the lessee relating to maintenance charges and unpaid rent (2021-2022) (sole counsel).
• Acting for a steel manufacturer in a £1.7m dispute with a distributor (2021) (sole counsel).
• National Bank of Kazakhstan & Republic of Kazakhstan v The Bank of New York Mellon & Ors [2020] EWHC 916 (Comm), [2020] 1 CLC 691: Acted for the claimants in the remote trial of 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’sTop 20 Cases of 2020).
• Atlas Residential Solutions Management UK Ltd & Anr v Greengate SARL [2019] EWHC 2788 (Comm); [2020] EWHC 366 (Comm): Acted for the claimants in a contractual dispute relating to the Anaconda Cut tower in Manchester (led by David Quest KC and Rajesh Pillai; acted as sole counsel in two successful interim applications for relief from sanctions before His Honour Judge Pelling KC and Butcher J, in one case against a silk).
• 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).

Civil fraud and asset recovery is a major part of Ravi’s practice. He has significant experience of claims involving breach of trust, tracing, conspiracy, dishonest assistance, knowing receipt, fraudulent directors, and bank frauds. He has also been involved in a number of cases concerning cyber fraud and cryptoassets.

Current and recent instructions include:

• Topview Investments Limited & Ors v Atkar & Ors (2021-Present): 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).
• DIFC-LCIA arbitration (2022-Present): Acting in a £14m fraud dispute arising out of the management of luxury hotels in the Middle East (led by Yash Bheeroo).
• 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): Acted for the joint liquidators of a company in a four week trial of a £40m pound fraud claim against the company’s former directors and advisor (led by Andrew Sutcliffe KC and George McPherson).
• Acted for the claimant in a dispute arising out of the alleged dissipation of funds from a joint venture concerned with the provision of short term loans to high net worth individuals (sole counsel).
• Acted for the claimant in a dispute arising out of the alleged dissipation of funds from the bank accounts of a partnership (sole counsel).
• Acted in various County Court retail banking cases concerning authorised push payment fraud.

Ravi’s practice embraces a broad range of banking and finance disputes including claims involving misselling of financial products, payment services and regulatory investigations.

Current and recent instructions include:

• Cantor Fitzgerald & Co. v Yes Bank Limited (2022-Present): Acting for a New York broker/investment bank in a $7m dispute with an Indian commercial bank arising out of the provision of corporate finance services (led by Adrian Beltrami KC).
• Acting in possession proceedings concerning a property in London worth around £18m (2022-Present) (sole counsel).
• R (on the application of T) v Financial Conduct Authority [2021] EWHC 396 (Admin); [2021] 1 WLR 3246: Acted 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).
• National Bank of Kazakhstan & Republic of Kazakhstan v The Bank of New York Mellon & Ors [2020] EWHC 916 (Comm), [2020] 1 CLC 691: Acted for the claimants in the remote trial of 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).
• 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).
• Acted in various County Court retail banking and consumer credit disputes including PPI mis-selling claims, undisclosed commission claims and claims arising out of authorised push payment fraud.