Jonathan Kelly is partner with Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton in London. His practice focuses on substantial English and international commercial litigation and arbitration. He has advised on a wide range of disputes, involving antitrust and competition, banking and financial services, corporate and private equity, regulatory enforcement and investigations, and sovereign immunity. Jonathan has significant experience in banking and financial services disputes, and regulatory investigations. Jonathan repeatedly has been recognized by legal and business directories as one of the leading practitioners in his field. He has been described as having "a first class reputation," as being "immensely well respected," and as providing "keen and insightful, clear, concise and laser-like advice that adds value." In the areas of banking and financial services, legal directories have cited Jonathan as "one of the elite names in finance litigation" and as one of "the City’s leading banking and financial services litigators." Jonathan joined the firm as a partner in 2010 after 23 years at Simmons & Simmons, where he had trained, qualified as a solicitor in 1989, became a partner in 1995 and was head of the firm’s financial markets litigation group. He worked in Hong Kong and London while with Simmons & Simmons.
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The Competition Appeal Tribunal (CAT) has granted a claim for damages by Achilles Information Limited (“Achilles”) against Network Rail Infrastructure Limited (“Network Rail”). The Judgment is the CAT’s first damages award arising from a standalone claim since 2016, and follows the CAT’s (...)
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The Court of Appeal has handed down an important judgment clarifying the ability of parties that settle European Commission (Commission) antitrust investigations to challenge the Commission’s findings in follow-on damages actions. The judgment concerns an appeal relating to a preliminary (...)
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This article has been nominated for the 2020 Antitrust Writing Awards. Click here to learn more about the Antitrust Writing Awards. On 21 February, the UK Financial Conduct Authority (the “FCA”) found that Hargreave Hale Ltd (“Hargreave Hale”), Newton Investment Management Limited (...)
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European Court of Justice Issues Important Judgment Related to Jurisdiction Clauses for Antitrust Actions* In a recent judgment providing a preliminary ruling in the case, Apple Sales International et al. v. EBizcuss.com (C-595/17, October 24, 2018), the Court of Justice of the European (...)
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The Damages Directive seeks to promote private enforcement of EU competition law before national courts across the European Union (the “EU”). The UK Regulations implementing the Directive were laid before Parliament on 20 December 2016 but will not come into force until after they have (...)
