Jonathan Dawid

Jonathan Dawid is a leading senior junior specialising in commercial litigation and international arbitration, including investor-state arbitration. He has extensive experience acting and advising in connection with civil fraud, financial sanctions, financial services, professional negligence, aviation, and energy claims and regularly appears in the High Court as well as in international fora. He was lead counsel for the successful defendant in Radisson v Hayat [2023] EWHC 892, now the leading case on s. 73 of the Arbitration Act 1996 (waiver of right to challenge award) as well as in the underlying ICC arbitration.

Having practised both at the independent bar and as a partner in a law firm, Jonathan is attuned to the needs of clients and the need for a litigation strategy to serve the client’s broader commercial interest, being praised for his “outstanding understanding of how business mechanics work” and using his “in-depth knowledge of banking law to get to the heart of the corporate transactions and entity structures that underpin sanctions questions” (Chambers & Partners).