A barrister and chartered accountant, Jane practises international arbitration as counsel and arbitrator from 3 Verulam Buildings in London. Jane is ranked for energy, construction and international arbitration (Legal 500, and Chambers & Partners) and recognised as a Thought Leader in Who’s Who Legal: Construction. Jane focuses on commercial disputes arising in the energy, natural resources and infrastructure sectors in Africa, Asia, the Middle East, Latin America and Russia/CIS, with particular expertise in arbitrations concerning complex major and mega projects. ‘Devastatingly good for complex cases’ and ‘Relentless in her efforts for her clients’, Jane is ‘a sophisticated advocate’ who is ‘very good in cross-examination’. ‘A superb lawyer and an excellent litigator’, Jane returned to the Bar in 2014, having spent many years at leading international law firms, including Shearman & Sterling LLP and, mostly recently, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP, where she was counsel in the international arbitration practice. Jane is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England & Wales and a member of the Society of Construction Arbitrators. Jane was managing editor of the IBA journal Construction Law International from 2016 to 2018, is vice co-chair of the IBA International Construction Projects DR subcommittee and chairs the annual Construction Law Summer School, Cambridge.
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