Joanne Box

Practice Areas

Jo has a broad practice that covers the full range of commercial litigation and arbitration. She is ranked as a leading junior in Commercial Dispute Resolution, Group Litigation, Civil Fraud and Energy and Banking and Finance.

Jo is instructed led and unled in cases before the Supreme Court, Court of Appeal and High Court, and in LCIA, ICC, ARIAS and UNCITRAL arbitrations. Recent instructions include Federal Republic of Nigeria v P&ID, acting for Nigeria in setting aside a London arbitration award worth US$11 billion on grounds of fraud; defending Quincecare claims arising from a major fraud; defending a claim for fraud, conspiracy and breach of fiduciary duty following a merger between major operators in the egg supply industry; and various ongoing insurance matters arising from Covid-19.

Jo is particularly experienced in group litigation, having acted in the Ingenious Media litigation, the Post Office GLO and in Evans v Barclays Bank plc and others, a claim against six banks for follow-on damages in relation to cartels in the FX (foreign exchange) market.