Commercial & Financial Services Disputes

Partner & Head of Commercial Disputes, London

John McElroy heads up London's Commercial Disputes team and is a driving force behind the practice. He has worked on a range of commercial litigation and arbitration matters – often international – with an emphasis on financial services disputes. He has extensive experience of acting for and against groups of claimants and has close relationships with third-party funders, insurers and brokers.

He has been the Partner responsible for a number of The Lawyer’s Top 20 cases over the last few years. John is currently acting on a number of international arbitrations before the ICC and LCIA among other arbitral forums and most recently, he has been instructed on matters arising out of the COVID-19 pandemic involving issues such as force majeure and frustration.  He is the lead partner on Trappit, a high profile intellectual property dispute, and Pro Pharma which deals with novel points in insurance law.

John is an Executive Committee Member of and often spokesperson for the London Solicitors Litigation Association (LSLA) and a Committee Member of Co-Operation Ireland’s London Legal Group. In June 2022, John was appointed to the London Chamber of Arbitration and Mediation (LCAM) Commercial Rent (Coronavirus) Act 2022 Arbitrator Panel.

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