Maitland
Jason Mitchell is an experienced barrister currently developing a broad commercial chancery practice at Maitland since September 2022, leveraging extensive legal expertise gained in South Africa. Insights encompass core areas such as Commercial Litigation & Arbitration, Civil Fraud, and Insolvency & Asset Recovery, with a specific interest in jurisdictional disputes and private international law. Prior to joining Maitland, Jason was a barrister at the Johannesburg Bar under Group 621, focusing on commercial, commercial chancery, and insurance law, with specializations in unjust enrichment and conflict of laws. Additional experiences include a judicial externship with the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois and a summer associate role at Miller & Chevalier Chartered, where notable work involved drafting appellate briefs for significant U.S. courts. Jason holds a Juris Doctor from Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law and a Bachelor of Laws from the University of Cape Town.
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Maitland
Maitland is one of the leading sets of barristers' chambers in the UK. Based in London's Lincoln's Inn, we offer legal advice and advocacy of the highest quality both domestically and internationally. We are consistently ranked as a leading set in all our areas of expertise across the commercial litigation and arbitration, civil fraud, company and partnership, insolvency and asset recovery, offshore and trusts, and related fields (including banking and financial services, real estate, media and entertainment, IP, cryptoassets, professional negligence, tax, private client, charities and ADR) . We appear across a full range of UK civil courts and tribunals including the Supreme Court and Privy Council as well as in Caribbean, Asian and other jurisdictions. We have the strength and depth to provide representation and cross-disciplinary expertise across the whole range of matters, from a junior for a relatively modest claim to a team with the ability and experience to tackle the largest, most urgent and most complex cases in ways which are comprehensive, imaginative, efficient and effective.