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Jessica Lee
Work Department
Litigation & Arbitration
Position
Partner
Career
Jessica Lee is a partner in the Firm’s Litigation & Arbitration Practice Group.
Jess has broad experience in complex and high value commercial litigation with particular experience in civil fraud, company and shareholder disputes, and financial services. She has acted on numerous complex cross-border civil fraud cases many of which have also involved advising on freezing, proprietary, and disclosure injunctions. Jess is part of Brown Rudnick’s Supervising Solicitors team and has recent relevant experience in the execution of search orders and delivery up orders. Jess has also advised on significant investigations and compliance matters including investigations by the U.S. Department of Justice and the Serious Fraud Office. She has also previously undertaken several secondments to clients including in the banking and telecommunications sectors.
Jess was recommended in The Legal 500 UK as an “excellent associate – clever and diligent.”
Jess is a keen advocate for diversity and social mobility and is a mentor at IntoUniversity and on the Urban Scholars Programme.
Prior to joining Brown Rudnick, Jess was an associate at Baker & McKenzie where she also trained. Jess has undertaken a number of client secondments including a major international telecoms provider and a leading global financial institution. She attended Southampton University and the College of Law, Moorgate.
Education
College of Law, Moorgate – LPC, 2011
University of Southampton – LL.B., 2010
Lawyer Rankings
London > Crime, fraud and licensing > Fraud: civil
(Next Generation Partners)Often active on matters with an international component, US law firm Brown Rudnick LLP is home to civil fraud, criminal and regulatory law expertise. The practice, which is headed by SFO and NCA investigations veteran, Neill Shrimpton , is distinctly well-versed in asset tracing and recovery, in addition to cases where fraudulent misrepresentations have incurred share prices losses. Jane Colston is often active on forensic investigations involving freezing, search, trace and freeze assets and proprietary elements, among others, meanwhile Jessica Lee is a more junior partner who is forging a prominent reputation for cases within the financial services sector.
London > Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: premium
Ultra-high net worth individuals, multinationals, and major financial institutions all turn to Brown Rudnick LLP to handle multi-jurisdictional, complex disputes. The London litigation and arbitration practice group is co-led by Neill Shrimpton and Jane Colston; other key names include Jessica Lee, who was recently promoted to partnership.
London > Dispute resolution > Banking litigation: investment and retail
‘First rate litigator’ Neill Shrimpton leads a team at Brown Rudnick LLP that acts on complex, high-value disputes against financial institutions and sovereigns. S90 and S90A FSMA claims are a key strength of the practice that is ‘utterly committed to its clients’. Jane Colston is ‘one of the very best litigators in the market‘, with specific experience in company, shareholders, and partnership disputes. Other noted practitioners include Jessica Lee and at associate level, Razzaq Ahmed.
Lawyer Rankings
- Next Generation Partners London > Crime, fraud and licensing > Fraud: civil
- Fraud: civil London > Crime, fraud and licensing
- Banking litigation: investment and retail London > Dispute resolution
- Commercial litigation: premium London > Dispute resolution
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Reputation management
- Corporate and commercial > M&A: Smaller Deals, £10m-£100m
Firm Rankings
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Fraud: civil
- Corporate and commercial > Equity capital markets – small-mid cap
- Corporate and commercial > Financial services: contentious
- Corporate and commercial > Venture capital
- Dispute resolution > Banking litigation: investment and retail
- Industry focus > TMT
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: premium
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Reputation management