Jean-Pierre Douglas-Henry

Financial Services

• Representing a global bank in USD150m fraud and conspiracy claims in the English and Hong Kong courts against their former Head of Private Equity in Asia and tracing assets and freezing them in a number of offshore jurisdictions.
• Advising multiple Australian investors in swaps issued by various Lehman entities in proceedings brought by them in England and the US following Lehman’s bankruptcy.
• Acting for a PE owned high frequency trading house in proceedings brought against former employees in Hong Kong, UK and Switzerland to recover damages and trade secrets stolen following their departure to set up a competitive business in breach of covenant.
• Representing a number of Australian building societies in relation to their claims for financial assistance under a government backed liquidity support scheme following extensive bushfires significantly impacting the value of their rural lending portfolios.

Energy & Natural Resources

• Representing an Australian mining group in relation to compensation claims resulting from the Bougainville copper tailings landslide in Papua New Guinea and advising on the resulting community based settlement and remediation plan.
• Counsel for a US and NZ owned copper and gold mining group in litigation and arbitration proceedings in multiple jurisdictions relating to ownership a USD350m Central Asian AIM listed gold mining company, including proceedings in UK, Kazakhstan, NSW, NZ, Switzerland, BVI and Cayman.
• Advising a US investor group in relation to USD200m misrepresentation claims against the sellers of the forestry arm of an Indonesian conglomerate.
• Acting for a UK/European chemicals conglomerate in relation to a price fixing investigation by competition authorities in multiple jurisdictions and related follow-on damages proceedings in the UK, Hong Kong and Singapore.

ESG

• Principal lawyers to the Afghan Government during Ashraf Ghani’s presidency advising on legislative and regulatory reform to support inward investment to rebuild essential infrastructure following the US invasion and acting in associated tenacious and multiple litigations and arbitrations.
• Advising a global financial services group on climate litigation strategy and greenwashing risk in key jurisdictions including UK, Europe, US, Canada and Australia.
• Representing a global automotive manufacturer in class actions brought against them in the UK, Germany and Austria for allegedly falsifying emissions.
• Counsel in English class action litigation and associated Thai court proceedings brought by employees claiming greenwashing and human rights abuses in the defendants’ garment manufacturing supply chain.

• Notable practitioner, Litigation, London, Chambers UK 2022
• Leading individual, Banking Litigation: Investment and Retail, London, The Legal 500 UK since 2018
• Leading individual, Commercial Litigation, London, The Legal 500 UK since 2015
• Recommended lawyer, Fraud: Civil, and Health and Safety, London, The Legal 500 UK 2022
• The Legal 500 Global Green Guide 2022: EMEA, Featured International Law Firm
• ESG Initiative Award, Wind Investment Awards 2022
• Environment, Social and Governance Firm of the Year, Partnerships Awards 2022