Mitchell Jason
Jason Mitchell
About
Date of call
2014
Qualifications
LL.B (University of Cape Town);
J.D. (Northwestern Pritzker School of Law);
BCL (University of Oxford)
Jason’s primary practice covers all areas of commercial law. He appears regularly in commercial litigation and arbitration involving contractual, financial, and insurance disputes. He also has a keen interest in speciality areas of jurisdiction, private international law, and unjustified enrichment. His secondary focus on public law covers constitutional law and administrative law, including procurement and regulatory disputes.
Jason also practises in England and accepts instructions to advise on English law and appear in English courts and arbitrations seated in England. He is a tenant at Maitland Chambers, a leading commercial set in London. His English practice covers all areas of commercial and commercial chancery litigation, including specialist areas of civil fraud and insolvency.
Jason has U.S. experience, holding a J.D. from Northwestern Pritzker School of Law in Chicago, where he focused on U.S. constitutional law, administrative law, and appellate litigation.
Jason welcomes appointments as arbitrator. He is a Fellow of the London-based Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, and his recent appointments as sole arbitrator include an ad hoc international arbitration about a shareholders’ agreement in the mining industry, and a domestic arbitration involving a commercial lease administered by the Arbitration Foundation of South Africa