Jonathan Brooks

Biography

Jonathan is Of Counsel in Al Tamimi & Company’s International Litigation Group which handles complex and high-value cross-border disputes across numerous sectors and industries.

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Recent Experience

• Particular experience in cases involving Fraud / Deceit, Injunctions and enforcement or recognition (including Worldwide Freezing Orders, Search and Seizure Orders and Norwich Pharmacal Orders), issues around Disclosure / Electronic Disclosure, Arbitration and Mediation.
• Acted for an eight-bank syndicate in an AED 1.8billion DIFC claim following breaches of conventional and Islamic facilities., obtaining judgment for over AED 2 billion and successfully resisting appeal attempts.
• Acted for Bank of Singapore in a EUR 240m loan default, securing USD 55m judgment, defeating counterclaims, and successfully opposing appeals.
• Acted for ADCB to enforce a mortgage in ADGM proceedings following the breach of an AED 500 million Islamic loan facility.
• Acted for the owner of a Gulfstream private jet in ADGM Court proceedings against its insurer/reinsurers.
• Acted for the successful claimant, Thales, in proceedings before the QICDRC for breach of contract and successfully obtaining judgment for damages in excess of QAR8m.
• Instructed by one of the largest family businesses in the MENA region in an LCIA London seated arbitration and ancillary DIFC Court proceedings in a dispute over the ownership of companies valued at over US$600million..
• Acting for State Bank of India in resisting claims for more than US$18m following the non-renewal of a facility agreement. Successful in defending proceedings at trial before the DIFC Court
• Advising and acting for a leading Indian bank in DIFC Court action for recovery of loans under facilities and related corporate and personal guarantees (signature forgery and internal fraud defence).