Jonathan Brown
Of Counsel,
Dubai, UAE
T. +971 4 528 5555
E. jonathan.brown@bsabh.com
Jonathan Brown is Of Counsel within the Arbitration practice based in Dubai
Jonathan qualified as a Solicitor in 1991 and worked in the City of London before coming to Dubai in 1998 to head up the Contentious Business Practice of Clifford Chance.
Jonathan's career has been split between in-house and private practice. He served for five years as the Director of English Law at CMA-CGM (the world's third largest maritime and logistics group) in Marseille, France. More recently, Jonathan returned to the UAE, as a partner with Hadef & Partners and subsequently Charles Russell Speechlys. He specialises in international arbitration with a focus on international trade, maritime and transportation.
Areas of expertise
services
- Litigation
- Arbitration
industry
- Construction and Engineering
- Energy
- International Trade, Transport & Maritime
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