Jonathon Egerton-Peters

International Arbitration, Commercial Litigation, Tax Controversies & Litigation, Judgment Enforcement & Asset Recovery

Partner

Jonathon Egerton-Peters acts as an advocate and provides strategic advice in high-stakes, complex and international disputes for many of the world's leading corporations, investors, entrepreneurs and sovereign states.

Jonathon acts as counsel in international arbitrations; litigation across numerous jurisdictions (including the UK, US, Cayman Islands, Bermuda and British Virgin Islands); tax controversies and disputes; contentious restructuring; and competition investigations and related follow-on litigation. His experience spans a significant range of industry sectors, including finance and banking, energy, shipping, retail, real estate, airline, tobacco, pharmaceuticals and telecommunications.

Jonathon is consistently recognized as a leading practitioner through legal awards and listings in legal directories. Who's Who Legal notes that he is renowned for his "extremely high professional standards" and as a "great collaborator" who "demonstrates a keen and crystal-clear expression of the issues." In 2021, he was nominated by external counsel and subsequently announced as the sole winner of the Lexology Client Choice Award for Litigation in the United Kingdom. He is recommended by The Legal 500 UK for his work in international arbitration and premium commercial litigation. He is a recognized Rising Star for premium commercial litigation (The Legal 500) and ranked as a Future Leader in litigation (Who's Who Legal). Recently, Jonathon was profiled as one of 10 Future Stars for Financier Worldwide's inaugural listing of Power Players in complex disputes.

Jonathon is co-editor of Arbitration World (published by Sweet & Maxwell), one of the leading texts in international arbitration, and he writes and lectures frequently on a range of legal topics. He is a former tutor in contract law and the English legal system at King’s College, London and Queen Mary, University of London.

Jonathon assists with numerous pro bono projects each year. At present, he acts as an advocate for the Family Court Help Desk, an organization that provides assistance to individuals in family law disputes who lack legal representation.

Bar Vocational Course, BBP Law School B.C.L, University of Oxford European Law, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven LL.B., King's College London