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Shane Jury is the head of our GCC commercial disputes practice and is based in our Dubai office. He has been practising in the Middle East region for over a decade. Shane specialises in complex commercial disputes, including joint venture disputes, shareholders’ disputes, banking and financial disputes and investigations, fraud claims and multi-jurisdictional asset tracing. He also has particular expertise in restructuring/insolvency related litigation and 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). 

Shane's practice straddles both litigation in the DIFC and ADGM Courts and arbitration under all of the major institutional rules.  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 also sits as an arbitrator and has recently concluded a sole arbitrator appointment on DIFC-LCIA proceedings. 

Shane has been involved in many of the landmark commercial disputes in the DIFC Courts (both at first instance and on appeal), including acting on behalf of a number of leading organisations such as Standard Chartered Bank, Deloitte & Touche, Ernst & Young, Barclays Bank Plc, Dubai International Financial Centre Authority, Emirates NBD and Agility Logistics.  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, which is a committee of eminent practitioners that advises on policy issues concerning the functioning of the DIFC Courts. He is also AG's representative on the DIFC Courts' Users Committee.

In addition to his extensive DIFC Courts and arbitration practice, Shane also has experience acting in the ADGM Courts (where he acted on the first injunction issued by the Court). Shane has also advised on potential claims in the ADGM Courts arising out of the NMC administration.  In recognition of his ADGM market profile, Shane is a member of the ADGM Courts Private Law Firms Liaison Group.

Shane also acts as strategic/supervisory counsel in respect of claims in the onshore UAE Courts together with local counsel. Shane's experience includes acting for a major UAE State owned entity in connection with a variety of claims for and against that entity, civil and criminal proceedings, fraud claims and recovery claims.

Shane is one of the leading practitioners in dealing with restructuring/insolvency related disputes in the UAE.  His experience includes advising a Syndicate of Banks in relation to claims in the DIFC Courts against KBBO, involving parallel restructuring proceedings in the onshore Abu Dhabi Courts, including the interrelationship between the UAE Bankruptcy Law and DIFC Insolvency Law.  Shane has been overseeing our team in coordinating the strategy in the DIFC claim and advising (together with our restructuring practice) on the conduct of the parallel restructuring proceedings in Abu Dhabi.   

Prior to joining Addleshaw Goddard, Shane has practiced in the Dubai offices of a global US law firm and a magic circle law firm.