Shane Jury

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Shane Jury is the head of the Middle East commercial disputes practice in Addleshaw Goddard and is based in our Dubai office. He has been practising in the region for over a decade. Shane specialises in complex commercial disputes, including JV, shareholders and tech disputes, banking and financial disputes and investigations, fraud claims and multi-jurisdictional asset tracing and enforcement. He also has particular expertise in restructuring/insolvency related claims and professional negligence claims against solicitors and auditors.

Shane is ranked as a Next Generation Partner by the Legal500 for Dispute Resolution: Arbitration and International Litigation (2023, 2022), and as a Leading Individual by Chambers & Partners for Dispute Resolution: United Arab Emirates (2023). He is also ranked in Who's Who Legal 2023: Professional Negligence.

Shane maintains a busy arbitration practice, advising clients on general commercial arbitrations under all of the major institutional rules. His arbitration experience includes breach of contract claims and shareholders'/governance disputes, including earn-out disputes and breach of warranty claims. In recognition of the high profile nature of the team's arbitration work, Shane's team won Arbitration Team of the Year at the 2023 Middle East Legal Awards. Shane also sits as an arbitrator and has recently concluded a sole arbitrator appointment on DIFC-LCIA proceedings.

Shane's practice also includes litigation in the DIFC and ADGM Courts. He has full rights of audience in the DIFC Courts and has conducted (as Lead Counsel) the hearing of appeals and applications before the DIFC Courts.

Shane has been involved in many of the landmark commercial disputes in the DIFC Courts (both at first instance and on appeal). His experience includes the key cases which established the extent of the DIFC Court's jurisdiction. He is a member of the DIFC Courts Rules Committee and was also recently elected to the DIFC Courts' Users Committee.
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