Marc Jones

Practice Areas

Marc specialises in high-value commercial, banking and financial services disputes, often involving complex financial products, fraud and foreign/offshore jurisdictions.

Career

Marc read law as an undergraduate and postgraduate at Oxford University and qualified as a solicitor at Ashurst in 1999. He joined Stewarts in December 2009 and has been a partner since May 2013.

Professional Memberships

- Union Internationale des Avocats

- London Solicitors Litigation Association

- Association Internationale de Jeunes Avocats

Publications

Marc has written for and been quoted in various publications, including City AM, Thomson Reuters Practical Law, Bloomberg Tax, Financier Worldwide, The Law Society Gazette, Competition Law Insight and Supply Management.

The joint report of the Law Society and Tech London Advocates Blockchain Legal & Regulatory Group – “Blockchain: Legal & Regulatory Guidance” – Marc produced the section on decentralised autonomous organisations (DAOs) at pages 39-41.

“Life Moves Pretty Fast”: a decade on from bitcoin, English law confronts cryptoassets – Page 55 of “Juriste” – Article on recent developments in English law regarding digital assets.

Marc’s recent speaking appointments include:

- Cybercrime Practitioners Association: Bitcoins and Virtual Currencies – Legal Developments in Injunctions and Asset Preservation (January 2020)

- Ethereum London (#ETHLDN): Robertson v Persons Unknown and the recent Legal Statement on Cryptoassets and Smart Contracts (January 2020)

- UIA annual congress in Luxembourg: Digital Assets and Private International Law (November 2019)