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- French
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Jessica Foley is an experienced senior associate in the Litigation & Arbitration team. She represents clients in commercial litigation in the English courts and in commercial and investment arbitration under the ICC, LCIA, ICSID, UNCITRAL and CiArb Rules. Having completed a secondment to the LCIA, she has particular expertise in LCIA arbitrations. Jessica also has considerable experience in conducting mediations and negotiating settlement agreements.
Jessica regularly assists clients in obtaining freezing injunctions and other urgent interim relief, including orders for non-disclosure and specific performance, as well as search orders against banks and other third parties. She also regularly advises and gives client training on the area of legal professional privilege.
Jessica enjoys and has considerable experience in coordinating and project-managing large-scale and complex disputes, which are often high value and multi-jurisdictional. She has a particular interest and expertise in the technology sector, but regularly works across a variety of other sectors, including financial services, construction and consumer products.
She publishes articles on arbitration topics and co-ordinated the publication of the CMS Expert Guide to International Arbitration.
Jessica is currently based in London, but has previously lived and worked in Brussels and Munich and speaks French and conversational German. Her practice is increasingly focusing on disputes involving the Middle East and North Africa region and she is learning Arabic.
