Jonathon Redwood SC

Bar Roll: 2006 Silk: 2020
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Jonathon is a Silk based at Banco Chambers, Sydney. He has a broad national practice encompassing advice and appearance work in (i) high value commercial disputes and class actions, (ii) international arbitration and private international law, and (iii) public law, regulatory matters and commissions of inquiry.

He is regularly retained by leading law firms and corporate clients to conduct cases throughout Australia at first instance and on appeal, and internationally, including in arbitrations seated in Singapore, London and New York. He is the current Vice President of the Australian Centre for International Commercial Arbitration (ACICA), the peak arbitral body in Australia. His arbitration expertise is also recognised in the leading international directory Who’s Who Legal, in which he is described as an “energetic practitioner who pays close attention to detail” with “an incredibly strong practice”. He is also a member of Twenty Essex in Singapore and London.

Prior to coming to the Bar, Jonathon was a Senior Fellow at the University of Melbourne Law School teaching comparative corporate governance and securities regulation. Before this, Jonathon was a Senior Associate in the Financial Institutions Group at Sullivan & Cromwell LLP in New York from 1999 to 2005.

Jonathon was a reporter for the Commonwealth Law Reports from 2006-2016.

Jonathon is ranked as a leading Silk by the international directories, Chambers & Partners and Legal 500 and is ranked as a leading arbitration Silk by Who’s Who.

ArbitrationArbitration Mediation & AdrArbitratorsBanking & FinanceBanking, Finance & InsolvencyClass ActionsCommercialCompetitionConflict of LawsConstitutional LawConsumer CreditCorporate & CommercialCorporationsHuman RightsInsolvencyInsuranceInternational ArbitrationMining and ResourcesPrivate International LawProfessional NegligenceProperty, Planning, Environment & ResourcesPublic LawStructured FinanceTrade Practices/Consumer Protection
  • Jonathon Redwood – “Chapter 8 Provisional Measures” in The Investment Treaty Arbitration Review, 8th Edition (2023), Law Business Review, with Boxun Yin
  • Jonathon Redwood – “Arbitration and the Constitution” (12 September 2012, AACL, with Justin Gleeson)
  • Jonathon Redwood – “The Constitution and the Environment – The Local Government Perspective” (31 October 2011, AACL)
  • Jonathon Redwood – “Limitations of U.S. Securities Litigation Against Australian Companies by Australian Plaintiffs” (Corporate Law Bulletin, December 2008)
  • Jonathon Redwood – “The Kable Principle: After Forge and Gypsy Jokers” (31 March 2008, Centre for Comparative Constitutional Studies, AACL)
  • Jonathon Redwood – “Class Actions in Australia: Key Requirements and Emerging Trends” (IBA Newsletter, Sep 2007)
  • Jonathon Redwood – “Delaware’s Court Criticizes Sloppy Sale Process in Private Equity Auction” (Corporate Law Bulletin, June 2007)
  • Jonathon Redwood – “Delaware’s Highest Court Rejects Extension of Directors’ Fiduciary Duty to Creditors” (Corporate Law Bulletin, May 2007)
  • Jonathon Redwood – “Defences to Torts” (Laws of Australia, Author)
  • Jonathon Redwood – “Corporate Greenmail” (1997) 9 Corp. & Bus. Law Jnl 139
  • Jonathon Redwood – “The Interface Between Public & Private Law” (1998) 7 Tort Law Rev. 30

QUALIFICATIONS

BCom, LLB (Hons), BCL (Oxon) (Dist), LLM (Harv)

MEMBERSHIPS & ASSOCIATIONS

Fellow and Vice-President, Australian Centre for International Commercial Arbitration (ACICA);
Brandon Fellow, Lauterpacht Centre for International Law (University of Cambridge);
Member, Australian Association for Constitutional Law;
Member, American Society for International law;
Member, Australian Bar Association, International Committee and Class Action Committee.

Jonathon Redwood SC

Bar Roll: 2006 Silk: 2020
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Profile

Jonathon is a Silk based at Banco Chambers, Sydney. He has a broad national practice encompassing advice and appearance work in (i) high value commercial disputes and class actions, (ii) international arbitration and private international law, and (iii) public law, regulatory matters and commissions of inquiry.

He is regularly retained by leading law firms and corporate clients to conduct cases throughout Australia at first instance and on appeal, and internationally, including in arbitrations seated in Singapore, London and New York. He is the current Vice President of the Australian Centre for International Commercial Arbitration (ACICA), the peak arbitral body in Australia. His arbitration expertise is also recognised in the leading international directory Who’s Who Legal, in which he is described as an “energetic practitioner who pays close attention to detail” with “an incredibly strong practice”. He is also a member of Twenty Essex in Singapore and London.

Prior to coming to the Bar, Jonathon was a Senior Fellow at the University of Melbourne Law School teaching comparative corporate governance and securities regulation. Before this, Jonathon was a Senior Associate in the Financial Institutions Group at Sullivan & Cromwell LLP in New York from 1999 to 2005.

Jonathon was a reporter for the Commonwealth Law Reports from 2006-2016.

Jonathon is ranked as a leading Silk by the international directories, Chambers & Partners and Legal 500 and is ranked as a leading arbitration Silk by Who’s Who.

Areas of Practice

ArbitrationArbitration Mediation & AdrArbitratorsBanking & FinanceBanking, Finance & InsolvencyClass ActionsCommercialCompetitionConflict of LawsConstitutional LawConsumer CreditCorporate & CommercialCorporationsHuman RightsInsolvencyInsuranceInternational ArbitrationMining and ResourcesPrivate International LawProfessional NegligenceProperty, Planning, Environment & ResourcesPublic LawStructured FinanceTrade Practices/Consumer Protection

Cases

Publication

  • Jonathon Redwood – “Chapter 8 Provisional Measures” in The Investment Treaty Arbitration Review, 8th Edition (2023), Law Business Review, with Boxun Yin
  • Jonathon Redwood – “Arbitration and the Constitution” (12 September 2012, AACL, with Justin Gleeson)
  • Jonathon Redwood – “The Constitution and the Environment – The Local Government Perspective” (31 October 2011, AACL)
  • Jonathon Redwood – “Limitations of U.S. Securities Litigation Against Australian Companies by Australian Plaintiffs” (Corporate Law Bulletin, December 2008)
  • Jonathon Redwood – “The Kable Principle: After Forge and Gypsy Jokers” (31 March 2008, Centre for Comparative Constitutional Studies, AACL)
  • Jonathon Redwood – “Class Actions in Australia: Key Requirements and Emerging Trends” (IBA Newsletter, Sep 2007)
  • Jonathon Redwood – “Delaware’s Court Criticizes Sloppy Sale Process in Private Equity Auction” (Corporate Law Bulletin, June 2007)
  • Jonathon Redwood – “Delaware’s Highest Court Rejects Extension of Directors’ Fiduciary Duty to Creditors” (Corporate Law Bulletin, May 2007)
  • Jonathon Redwood – “Defences to Torts” (Laws of Australia, Author)
  • Jonathon Redwood – “Corporate Greenmail” (1997) 9 Corp. & Bus. Law Jnl 139
  • Jonathon Redwood – “The Interface Between Public & Private Law” (1998) 7 Tort Law Rev. 30

Qualifications & Memberships

QUALIFICATIONS

BCom, LLB (Hons), BCL (Oxon) (Dist), LLM (Harv)

MEMBERSHIPS & ASSOCIATIONS

Fellow and Vice-President, Australian Centre for International Commercial Arbitration (ACICA);
Brandon Fellow, Lauterpacht Centre for International Law (University of Cambridge);
Member, Australian Association for Constitutional Law;
Member, American Society for International law;
Member, Australian Bar Association, International Committee and Class Action Committee.