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TOWER BRIDGE HOUSE
ST KATHARINE'S WAY
LONDON
E1W 1AA
England
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Alys Jones
Position
Alys is an experienced litigator who specialises in defending claims against a range of professionals. Her clients include professional firms, particularly accountants and auditors, insolvency practitioners, tax professionals, solicitors and barristers, and their professional indemnity insurers. She also advises professionals on regulatory and disciplinary issues and has experience of dealing with regulators including the ICAEW, IPA, and the FRC.
Career
Work highlights
Defending Insolvency Practitioners at trial in a £250m claim (In the matter of One Blackfriars Ltd).
Advising a well-known accountancy firm in relation to allegations of negligent tax advice.
Acting for insurers in their successful appeal to the Supreme Court in Impact Funding Solutions v AIG Europe Insurance Ltd.
Lawyer Rankings
London > Insurance > Insurance and reinsurance litigation
The contentious insurance practice at RPC, led by Simon Laird, continues to act for notable insurers in high-profile financial lines, property and international risk cases, covering a wide range of issues including D&O, BBB, EPL and W&I insurance. The property market group is led by Victoria Sherratt, who advises on coverage disputes, particularly business interruption and fraud claims. The international risks team is led by Toby Savage and handles energy, aviation, marine, political risk and trade credit disputes. James Wickes is an expert in W&I claims and other financial lines matters, while Naomi Vary specialises in political risk and trade credit insurance claims. For casualty matters, Lucy Dyson is the go-to, and Ollie Knox is active in shareholder claim. The firm also bolstered its professional and financial risks practice with the additions of Tim Shepherd and Alys Jones from Mayer Brown International LLP in April 2024.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Corporate and commercial > Commercial contracts
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Media: Advertising & marketing
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Media: Digital content & social
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Media: Theatre, publishing and other media
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Media: Video games
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Reputation management
- Industry focus > Retail and consumer
Firm Rankings
- Dispute resolution > Banking litigation: investment and retail
- Risk advisory > Corporate governance
- Corporate and commercial > Customs and excise
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Fraud: civil
- Employment > Health and safety
- Insurance > Insurance and reinsurance litigation
- Insurance > Insurance: corporate and regulatory
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > IT and telecoms
- Insurance > Product liability: defendant
- Insurance > Professional negligence
- Dispute resolution > Tax litigation and investigations
- Industry focus > TMT
- Corporate and commercial > VAT and indirect tax
- Insurance > Clinical negligence: defendant
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: premium
- Risk advisory > Data protection, privacy and cybersecurity
- Employment > Employers
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Intellectual property: trade marks, copyright and design
- Dispute resolution > Professional discipline
- Risk advisory > Regulatory investigations and corporate crime (advice to corporates)
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Sport
- Private client > Art and cultural property
- Real estate > Commercial property: corporate occupiers
- Dispute resolution > Competition litigation
- Real estate > Construction: contentious
- Dispute resolution > International arbitration
- Industry focus > Life sciences and healthcare
- Corporate and commercial > M&A: Lower Mid-Market Deals, £100m-£750m
- Corporate and commercial > Partnership
- Insurance > Personal injury: defendant
- Corporate and commercial > Financial services: contentious
- Corporate and commercial > Financial services: non-contentious/regulatory
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Fraud: white-collar crime (advice to individuals)
- Corporate and commercial > Private equity: transactions - mid-market deals (up to £500m)
- Public sector > Administrative and public law
- Finance > Bank lending: investment grade debt and syndicated loans
- Finance > Corporate restructuring & insolvency
- Risk advisory > ESG
- Corporate and commercial > Equity capital markets – small-mid cap