Jonathan Cohen KC
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Practice Areas
A QC at just 38 years old, Jonathan Cohen has built his reputation on being an outstanding cross-examiner and trial advocate. Jonathan has a crossover commercial dispute resolution, civil fraud, partnership and employment practice almost exclusively consisting of heavyweight High Court litigation, arbitration and claims involving breach of fiduciary duty, dishonesty or fraud. His employment experience as a junior barrister, when he was twice nominated as Chambers & Partners employment junior of the year, gives him a unique understanding of the issues raised in civil claims for breach of duty against senior executives, directors and partners. He is listed by Chambers & Partners as a leading commercial dispute resolution, partnership and employment silk.
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Jonathan Cohen KC
Jonathan Cohen KC is a talented silk who focuses his practice on complex issues of fiduciary duties and serious fraud. Sources also consider him to be a go-to advocate for restraint of trade issues and injunctive work.
Jonathan Cohen KC
Jonathan Cohen KC
Jonathan Cohen KC is an expert in commercial dispute resolution and employment law who is accordingly regularly engaged to handle cases involving partnership break-ups, which include claims by partners or members relating to employment rights. He has experience of appearing in leading Supreme Court partnership cases, having appeared in Bates Van Winkelhof v Clyde & Co LLP, the leading authority on the circumstances in which members of an LLP are able to assert that they have rights as whistle-blowers under the public interest disclosure litigation.
Strengths
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"Extremely pragmatic and very good to use if you have something that is nuanced or out of the ordinary. Drawing on vast partnership and employment experience, he can help find the right practical solution in any tricky situation."
"Jonathan is a very good tactician, who thinks ahead and has a very good grasp of how judges are going to see things."
"His legal knowledge is very impressive and he is also able to strongly grasp the commercial context of the case beyond the legal arguments."
"Jonathan is an incredible advocate."
"Jonathan is astonishing in this area and has an ability to put one's mind at ease with his unwavering grasp of the issues."
"He is a phenomenal cross-examiner. He is able distil complex legal principles into bite-sized chunks that clients can understand."
"Extremely pragmatic and very good to use if you have something that is nuanced or out of the ordinary. Drawing on vast partnership and employment experience, he can help find the right practical solution in any tricky situation."
"Jonathan is a very good tactician, who thinks ahead and has a very good grasp of how judges are going to see things."
"His legal knowledge is very impressive and he is also able to strongly grasp the commercial context of the case beyond the legal arguments."
"Jonathan is an incredible advocate."
"Jonathan is astonishing in this area and has an ability to put one's mind at ease with his unwavering grasp of the issues."
"He is a phenomenal cross-examiner. He is able distil complex legal principles into bite-sized chunks that clients can understand."
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