Jenna is a Partner at Eldwick Law. She is a specialist dispute resolution lawyer, with a particular expertise in cross-border litigation, arbitration, and international sanctions compliance.
Jenna’s clients include state owned energy and shipping companies, very high net worth individuals, and multi-national corporations. She works closely with her clients’ in-house legal teams, providing strategic advice on how they should navigate high-value commercial disputes.
With an eye for detail and an analytical mind, Jenna is able to break down complex cases in clear and concise terms. Her analytical skills make her the ideal choice for sophisticated clients looking to control the pace and direction of technically complex cases. She has appeared in cases before the High Court, the Court of Appeal and several international arbitration centres.
Jenna has developed a reputation as a self-assured and strategic litigator. She has experience of prosecuting and defending claims for fraud, breach of trust, professional negligence, and various company law claims, including shareholder disputes and derivative claims.
In addition to her disputes practice, Jenna is a specialist sanctions lawyer. She has developed Eldwick’s practice in this niche area of law, and is the firm’s leading practitioner on the interpretation of the UK’s sanctions regime. She has acted for multi-national companies, private individuals and state entities in providing advice on how to comply with and navigate the multi-faceted world of sanctions compliance. In addition to the UK, Jenna regularly co-ordinates with lawyers from G7 countries, particularly the US, EU, Canada and Australia to provide global sanctions advice to her clients.
Jenna is a dual-qualified solicitor in the UK and South Africa. Prior to joining Eldwick Law, Jenna worked in one of South Africa’s leading competition firms based in Johannesburg, where she acted for large corporations in the construction, mining, energy and retail sectors.
Experience
Arbitration
- Represented a Kazakh quasi-state entity in an UNCITRAL arbitration before the LCIA against one of the largest European development banks. Reduced quantum significantly following trial, and then provided advice on appeal.
- Acting for a multi-national company in fraud proceedings arising out of an Arbitration before the German Arbitration Institution (DIS). Successfully applied for recognition of the arbitral award from the DIS pursuant to s.101 of the Arbitration Act 1996.
- Successfully obtained a freezing order in the Commercial Court, High Court of London in support of an arbitration award pursuant to s.44 of the Arbitration Act 1996 on behalf of a multi-national company.
- Acting for a Kazakh quasi-state entity in an arbitration before the London Maritime Arbitrators’ Association.
- Advising a Kazakh quasi-state entity in an action against an Azeri state oil company regarding the delivery of Azeri light crude oil.
- Acting for a high net worth individual, in an LCIA arbitration. Applying to set aside the enforcement of the LCIA award pursuant to s.66 of the Arbitration Act 1996.
- Acting for a high worth individual in a multi-million pound LCIA arbitration, and advising on challenges to jurisdiction and appeal, pursuant to s.67 of the Arbitration Act 1996.
- Advising a multi-national corporate, through its UK based director, on an ICC arbitration against Shell plc, arising out of a dispute over JCT construction contracts for projects carried out for Shell plc in Basra, Iraq. A referral was issued to the ICC and the matter resolved through dispute resolution
Litigation
- SIA Investment Industry v Pardus Wealth & Gregory Bryce [2025] EWHC 269 (Comm) – Acted for the Claimant in contempt proceedings against the Second Defendant, for failing to abide by the terms of a freezing order. Following a committal hearing, the Defendant was sentenced to 15 months in prison and ordered to pay indemnity costs in excess of £100,000.
- London Infrastructure -v- Amin [2020] EWHC 2192 (Ch) – Acting for a UK based export finance company, which held various Kazakh subsidiaries holding mining licenses to drill for rare earth metals in Central Kazakhstan. Successfully obtained a freezing injunction and an order for delivery up of valuable mineral samples, followed by summary judgment in a claim for a declaration before the High Court of Justice in London.
- Bruno Arboit -v- Kei Kin Hung [2024] EWHC 3399 (Ch) – Acted for the Respondent, a very high-net worth individual from Hong Kong, in the recognition of a Hong Kong bankruptcy of over £1 billion under the Cross-Border Insolvency Regulations 2006. Successfully resisted under Article 21 of the UNCITRAL Model Law on the basis that the Joint Trustees had used material potentially in contempt of court.
- Quaradeghini -v- Mischon De Reya [2020] 4 WLR 34 – Acting for the Claimant in overturning strike out for want of prosecution on appeal.
- Acting for an ultra high net worth individual in a common law debt claim in excess of £800 million, arising out of a judgment from China
- Acting for an ultra high net worth individual in possession proceedings and interim charging order proceedings relating to the ownership of highly valuable properties in London, with a combined value of c. £80 million.
- Acting and advising senior management of one of Kazakhstan’s largest banks on claims in the English courts for the recovery of shares of the bank in the UK.
- Advising an international Kazakh based oil and gas drilling company in misfeasance and derivative claims against a formerly listed FTSE 100 oil and gas exploration company.
- Rahbarpoor -v- Suliman & Jalil [2022] EWHC 1093 (Ch) – Successfully acted for the Claimant, an Iranian Ayatollah and prominent religious leader in claims for a multi-million-pound fraud and forgery, which resulted in a 5-day trial in the High Court of London, Business & Property Courts.
- Arora & Another -v- Inner City Apartments & Another [2020] EWHC 2192 (Ch) – Successfully acting for the Claimants and Part 20 Defendants in a claim for ownership over several high-value properties in London as well as damages following a 4 day trial in the High Court of London, Business and Property Courts.
- Acted for a group of franchisees in fraudulent misrepresentation claims against the franchisor of over 100 gyms in the UK, Middle East and Central Europe. Pierced the corporate veil and obtained judgment against the former CEO of the franchise.
- Acted for a Croatian based very high net worth individual in a multi-million pound fraud claim before the King’s Bench Division of the High Court of London against numerous individuals, including one of the world’s largest hotel chains, arising out of the theft of multiple high value classic cars. Issues in relation to the loss of opportunity arose in the quantification of quantum, given the linked businesses of the client, including a large shipping business transporting cement in the Mediterranean.
- Acting for a Defendant in multi-million pound claims for fraud arising out of a telecommunications dispute in an ongoing claim before the High Court.
Sanctions and Export Control
- Acting on behalf of a global oil, gas and energy company listed on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange and New York Stock Exchange in merger notifications to the Competition Tribunal and regulatory investigations.
- Advising the client on whether the financial and investment sanctions imposed by the Russia (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 prohibit them from purchasing shares in a sanctioned entity, from UK nationals on the secondary market.
- Advising a sanctioned entity on the effect that the sanctions imposed by Ukraine upon them may have within the United Kingdom, as of the UK’s exit from the EU.
- Advising a company on the effect that the UK’s sanctions regime may have on its current business operations and in particular their use of patented software, belonging to a Russian based company. Advice took into consideration the fact of their being granted a three-year global licence for the use of the software, subject to an annual fee.
- Advising a UK company, with subsidiaries in India, on the impact of sanctions on the export of pharmaceuticals to Russia, under the Russia Regulations. Issues concerning dual-use and the approach taken by the recently formed Office of Trade Sanctions Implementation (OTSI).
- Advising a UK chemical company on divestment of its subsidiary from Russia, including in obtaining trade licences from the Export Control Joint Unit.
- Advising a property management company on the impact of sanctions on the recovery of service charges from persons designated under the Russia Regulations.
- Drafting a global sanctions policy for a Kazakh state company, to include preparation, implementation and training. Working as the lead team with Waleed Tahirkheli and Rashid Gaissin on implementing the UK related section of the policy and coordinating with Australian, Canadian, US, EU and Kazakh counsel to complete the global sanctions policy.