Practice Areas
Jessica Gladstone is a partner and solicitor-advocate specialising in international arbitration, commercial and public law litigation and public international law. Widely recognised as "one of the brightest talents of her generation" (Chambers UK), she advises on international trade and investment, immunities, economic sanctions and human rights.
Jessica has represented multinational corporations, financial institutions, international organisations, states and individuals before arbitral tribunals and domestic and international courts, including the Privy Council and the European Court of Human Rights. An accomplished advocate, she has acted in some of the most complex international and commercial disputes, and she is a trusted adviser on risk and reputation management, including political risk, business and human rights and wider ESG issues.
A former legal adviser for the UK Foreign & Commonwealth Office, Jessica has experience negotiating treaties, and representing the UK at the United Nations, the Council of Europe and in other international institutions.
Beyond her practice as counsel, she also sits as arbitrator.
Jessica is a member of the Board of Save the Children UK and a co-founder and trustee of Advocates for International Development.
Career
University of Oxford (BA Jurisprudence) 1999
University of Cambridge (LLM) 2000
Linklaters 2002 – 2007
Foreign and Commonwealth Office 2007 - 2010
Debevoise & Plimpton LLP 2010 – 2015
Joined Clifford Chance as a Partner 2015
Admitted as a solicitor in England & Wales 2004, and Ireland 2019
