Ravi Jackson

Commercial disputes are a cornerstone of Ravi’s practice. He is ranked by the directories in both Commercial Litigation (L500 Band 5; C&P Up and Coming) and Middle East (L500 Band 2; C&P Up and Coming). Client comments about him include:

• “Ravi is a superb junior with an extremely bright future ahead of him. He is calm, tenacious and a real asset to any legal team.”
• “Ravi is highly responsive, commercially astute, and a pleasure to work with. He provides clear advice that demonstrates a mature legal mind.”
• “He has a sharp mind and a tireless work ethic, and he combines both with a remarkable ability to get to the heart of a legal problem. His written work is of a high standard, his advocacy is strong, and he is a real pleasure to work with.”
• “Ravi is very economical with his drafting, which is precise and all over the detail. He is a real lawyer’s lawyer who understands the solicitor’s side of the process. In court, he is quick on his feet and has a measured advocacy style.”
• “A cool, calm and collected individual who is good at cross-examination and tackles witnesses well.”
• “User-friendly, great with the client and someone whose advice is really clear.”

His recent 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).
• Various Investors v Glencore plc & Ors (2025-Present): Acting for the Serious Fraud Office as an interested party in the high-profile Glencore securities litigation (led by Hodge Malek KC and Yash Bheeroo).
• VTB Capital plc v JPMS plc (2025-2026): 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; one of The Lawyer’s Top 20 Cases of 2026).
• ECI Software Solutions Ltd v Scothern & Ors (2024-2026): 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 (2023-2026): 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 (2023-2026): Acting in an £800k misrepresentation and breach of warranty claim arising out of the acquisition of a business providing financial planning advice (sole counsel).

His recent cases in the Middle East include:

• Gandhi & Anr v Azzeh & Ors (2026-Present): Acting for the defendants in a $2m dispute arising out of a payments technology venture (sole counsel).
• 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).
• Alawwal Capital JSC v Rasmala Investment Bank Limited (2024-2025): Acting for an investment bank in a $7.6m misrepresentation claim in the DIFC Courts arising out of investments made into a trade finance fund (led by Yash Bheeroo).
• Accuracy Middle East Advisory Ltd v Debelak (2023-Present): Acting in an AU$ 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 of 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 L500 (Band 3) and C&P (Band 4). The directories describe him as follows:

• “A fabulous junior counsel who is destined to go all the way to the top, Ravi is a complete team player. He is very bright and hard-working. He is a go-to junior.”
• “Ravi is an all-round performer. I have complete trust and confidence in him. He is on top of details, and his judgement is amongst the best I have seen.”
• “Very talented junior barrister. Always responsive, providing sound judgment and thorough analysis of the issues. Calm and thoughtful advocate with a manner that judges find pleasing.”
• “I see him as completely reliable and accurate.”
• “I always look to Ravi if I have the choice.”

His current and recent cases include:

• Oheo Bank v Parker [2025] DIFC CA 006: A landmark case before the DIFC Court of Appeal involving the first successful challenge to an arbitral award before the DIFC Courts (led by Yash Bheeroo).
• ICC arbitration (2023-2025): Acting in a $70m arbitration arising out of a luxury hotel development project in Croatia (led by Ali Malek KC).
• 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 Tom Montagu-Smith KC and 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 is ranked by C&P (Band 5) in this area. Client feedback includes the following:

• “Ravi has strong analytical skills and the ability to distil complex facts. His written submissions were short, sharp and concise, and he is a strategic thinker.”
• “Ravi is on top of details, and his judgement is amongst the best I have seen. He is incredibly calm and understated in court but quite devastating in his submissions.”

His 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).
• Hinchcliffe v ENMA Capital & Partners Limited & Anr (2024-Present): Acting for the claimant in a fraud claim arising out of a transaction for the sale and purchase of hotels (sole counsel).
• DIAC arbitration (2024): Acting in a DIAC arbitration 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 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. He is a contributor to the leading practitioners’ textbook on banking law: Paget’s Law of Banking (16^th Ed.) and he is ranked by both L500 (Band 4) and C&P (Band 4). Client comments include:

• “He is an all-round performer. His mastering of the facts and his forensic analysis is what got us through…”
• “He is extremely clever. Ravi’s work was utterly superb; he is a pleasure to work with and very hard-working.”
• “Ravi is excellent and does a variety of work with a very calm and cool demeanour, which is excellent for a junior.”

His recent cases include:

• IFC & Anr v Bank Audi SAL (2024-Present): Acting for a Lebanese bank in a $230m claim arising out of 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 business-to-business disputes relating to UK and US economic sanctions imposed against Russia and Iran. He is ranked by C&P (Up and Coming) in this area.

Client feedback includes the following:

• “Ravi is phenomenal across sanctions work and often my first port of call.”
• “Ravi is very smart and responsive. He sees right through the case to the best points.”

His 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 (2025-2026): 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; one of The Lawyer’s Top 20 Cases of 2026).
• 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 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.