Jonathan Sinclair Email & Phone Number

Jonathan has been consistently recognised as a leading expert in commercial litigation representing many major and global companies. He is described in the 2012 edition of Legal 500 as a "top litigator". Jonathan was previously Head of the Commercial Litigation group firmwide at Eversheds. He has increasingly specialised in competition litigation since the field first began to develop, joining Stewarts Law in 2009 to set up and lead a Competition Litigation team with an emphasis on cartel… Show more Jonathan has been consistently recognised as a leading expert in commercial litigation representing many major and global companies. He is described in the 2012 edition of Legal 500 as a "top litigator". Jonathan was previously Head of the Commercial Litigation group firmwide at Eversheds. He has increasingly specialised in competition litigation since the field first began to develop, joining Stewarts Law in 2009 to set up and lead a Competition Litigation team with an emphasis on cartel damages claims. Much of his work is confidential involving pursuing and resolving cartel damages claims for major businesses. Chambers 2013 comments that Jonathan has an "outstanding reputation as a strong technical lawyer and someone of great integrity." He is a "good operator and an excellent litigator." Market sources say he is both "incredibly bright and quietly persuasive."Competition cases/experience include:Developing and leading a claim for a major group of UK retailers against MasterCard;Acting for Pace Plc, a leading global manufacturer of set top boxes in successful proceedings against the Commission and HMRC in the ECJ conducted in parallel with Sky;Acting for Akzo Nobel in connection with the high profile challenges to in legal privilege for in house lawyers;Acting for Asda in successful proceedings in the House of Lords and ECJ against the Parma Ham Association and also in its challenges to retail price maintenance in connection with books and OTC medicines;Acting for H J Banks in proceedings against the Commission and also involving leading energy suppliers in relation to discriminatory pricing in the coal industry. Show less

Leeds, United Kingdom

Joined the firm as a 2-year PQE SolicitorBecame Partner in 1992Promoted to firmwide Head of Commercial Litigation in 2003

Joined as a Trainee in 1985. Qualified in 1987.