Jennifer Morrissey – extremely bright, and able to tackle complex and challenging issues.
Jennifer Morrissey is a standout partner who gives sound practical and tactical advice.
Jennifer Morrisey has excellent client-management skills and knows exactly when to use Counsel.
Jennifer Morrissey – a tough and highly-able litigation partner, who cares about her clients and getting the best result for them.
Overview
I am Head of Securities and Investment Disputes in Commercial & Regulatory Disputes team, based in London. Although my practice spans all forms of complex commercial disputes, I particularly focus on financial services and securities disputes, and contentious insolvency.
My experience includes representing venture capital trusts and their liquidators in claims against their former investment manager, advising investors in a US$500 million margin call dispute with an international investment bank, and acting for institutional and individual shareholders in a listed real estate investment trust. I also regularly act for litigation funders in High Court litigation and LCIA arbitrations.
A significant part of my work involves helping clients secure litigation funding and after-the-event insurance. I support clients through the funding process: assisting with the way cases are presented to funders, navigating the due diligence carried out by funders, and negotiating funding and insurance arrangements. Litigation funding and after-the-event insurance often unlock access to justice and help mitigate the financial risks of litigation.
My securities litigation practice builds on my earlier work acting for shareholders in Lloyds TSB (as it then was) in claims against the bank and certain former directors arising from the bank’s acquisition of HBOS. This was a landmark case in that it was the first case of its kind to reach trial in England & Wales and helped shape the landscape for securities litigation in the UK.
I am a member of the Law Society’s Dispute Resolution Section Executive Committee and was the Law Society’s representative on the Civil Justice Council’s wider consultation group in its 2024-2025 review of litigation funding. I also sit on the Banking and Financial Claims Sub-Committee of the Collective Redress Lawyers Association, and I am a member of the London Solicitor Litigation Association and the Contentious Trust Association.
In 2025, I was recognised by Lawdragon as one of the 500 leading Global Plaintiff lawyers. I was also named as a ‘standout partner‘ for Commercial Litigation by Legal 500 in its 2025 UK Guide.
Recent experience
Pagden & Ors v Fry & Anor and Core VCT plc & Ors v Soho Square Capital LLP & Ors in the Insolvency and Companies Court and Business List of the Chancery Division: acting for the liquidators and three venture capital trusts in complex and long running litigation relating to the management of three venture capital trusts and private equity and mezzanine investments they made over a period of more than 10 years
Acting for the two primary claimants in Commercial Court claims against UBS worth upwards of US$500 million
Representing shareholders in Home REIT plc in claims against the company, some of its former directors, its former investment adviser, and entities within the AlTi Global wealth management group
Acting for investors affected by the collapse of WealthTek LLP following FCA intervention
Acting for institutional investors in prospectus liability and misrepresentation claims against a former AIM-listed hydrogen fuel cell company
Advising an investment management firm on contentious regulatory issues arising from a review by the FCA
Acting in a dispute concerning the sale of a professional services firm and alleged breaches of a share purchase agreement
The ECU Group plc v HSBC Bank plc & Ors v Therium Litigation Finance Atlas AFP IC in the Commercial Court: acting for a litigation funder who had been joined to the proceedings by the defendant for the purposes of seeking a costs order against it
