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About
Provided by Joanne Box
Practice Areas
Jo has a broad practice that covers the full range of commercial litigation and arbitration. She is ranked as a leading junior in Commercial Dispute Resolution, Group Litigation, Civil Fraud and Energy and Banking and Finance.
Jo is instructed led and unled in cases before the Supreme Court, Court of Appeal and High Court, and in LCIA, ICC, ARIAS and UNCITRAL arbitrations. Recent instructions include Federal Republic of Nigeria v P&ID, acting for Nigeria in setting aside a London arbitration award worth US$11 billion on grounds of fraud; defending Quincecare claims arising from a major fraud; defending a claim for fraud, conspiracy and breach of fiduciary duty following a merger between major operators in the egg supply industry; and various ongoing insurance matters arising from Covid-19.
Jo is particularly experienced in group litigation, having acted in the Ingenious Media litigation, the Post Office GLO and in Evans v Barclays Bank plc and others, a claim against six banks for follow-on damages in relation to cartels in the FX (foreign exchange) market.
Chambers Review
UK Bar
Joanne Box is a highly rated junior on commercial litigation and arbitrations. She has an impressive track record in the oil and gas sector and can act on the full range of disputes, from upstream to downstream.
Joanne Box has a thriving practice in group claims arising in a diversity of areas. Her experience notably spans both group litigation orders and collective proceedings bids.
Joanne Box boasts a highly regarded banking and finance practice, with particular expertise in banking group actions. She has in-depth knowledge of complex areas of banking, including Quincecare claims and foreign exchange disputes.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Joanne Box is measured and very direct."
"Joanne Box is really good with clients and you can completely rely on her intellectual ability."
"Joanne is good at overall strategy and dealing with complex factual settings."
"She is very impressive, very balanced, and someone who gives good advice."
"Joanne is a star in the making. She is clear in her thinking and her written advocacy is very good."
"Joanne is a go-to junior for us. She is very hard-working and all over the detail."
"Jo is a go-to junior for us. She is very hard-working, is all over the detail and is good at managing a busy silk. She engages really well."
"She's unbelievably clever."
"A magnificent junior in any kind of commercial case – totally reliable and thorough in everything she does."
"Joanne Box is measured and very direct."
"Joanne Box is really good with clients and you can completely rely on her intellectual ability."
"Joanne is good at overall strategy and dealing with complex factual settings."
"She is very impressive, very balanced, and someone who gives good advice."
"Joanne is a star in the making. She is clear in her thinking and her written advocacy is very good."
"Joanne is a go-to junior for us. She is very hard-working and all over the detail."
"Jo is a go-to junior for us. She is very hard-working, is all over the detail and is good at managing a busy silk. She engages really well."
"She's unbelievably clever."
"A magnificent junior in any kind of commercial case – totally reliable and thorough in everything she does."
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