Jenna is a Partner at Eldwick Law, specialising in Commercial Litigation & Arbitration. Working closely with the team here, she provides specialist advice and legal services centred around the needs of her clients.
Having acted in proceedings before the High Court, the Court of Appeal and County Court, as well as various Arbitration Centres, much of Jenna’s current work involves multi-jurisdictional litigation, with experience advising and taking instruction from high-net-worth individuals, multi-national corporates and companies.
In addition to the UK, Jenna is also admitted as a solicitor in South Africa. Prior to joining Eldwick, Jenna worked as an Associate Solicitor in a boutique commercial litigation and competition law firm based in Johannesburg, where she engaged with corporations in various sectors, including the construction, mining, oil and gas, retail, media and publishing sectors. As such, she commands a broad range of experience.
Effective, thorough and decisive, Jenna’s attention to detail shines through in the precision of her work, as well as in the methodical and attentive approach with which she oversees her clients’ cases.
Experience
Arbitration
- Acting for 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 inter alia.
- Acting for a Latvian multi-national company in fraud proceedings arising out of an Arbitration before the German Arbitration Institution (DIS). Successfully applied to have the Award before DIS recognised before the High Court of London, and then applied to enforce the Award. Now proceeding with contempt and insolvency proceedings, including a winding up and bankruptcy order.
- 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
- 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.
- Acting for a group of franchisees in claims for fraudulent misrepresentation against the former CEO of the franchise, currently listed for a 12 day trial in the High Court of London, Business & Property Courts.
- Acting 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 inter alia.
Sanctions and Regulatory
- 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.