Jonathan Cotton
UK Guide 2025
Band 1 : Corporate Crime & Investigations
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About
Provided by Jonathan Cotton
Practice Areas
Arbitration
Disputes
Global Investigations
Cyber
Restructuring and Insolvency
Career
Jonny is Co-Head of our Global Investigations group. For over 25 years he has helped many clients investigate and defend allegations of wrongdoing in civil, criminal and regulatory cases across sectors from telecoms to fast-moving consumer goods to financial services.
On the criminal/regulatory side, Jonny regularly acts on investigations, criminal prosecutions and regulatory cases concerning the Bribery Act, the Proceeds of Crime Act, the Fraud Act, FSMA, export controls and sanctions, as well as Companies Act offences.
On the civil side, Jonny advises on fraud cases involving extractive frauds, accounting frauds, misrepresentations, the ‘theft’ of confidential information by employees and competitors and conspiracy.
Jonny is also often involved in contractual disputes, competition disputes and restructuring/insolvency matters. He also often advises on contentious aspects of corporate transactions, including takeovers.
Chambers Review
UK
Jonathan Cotton is co-head of the firm's global investigations group. He acts for multinational corporations on an array of financial crime matters including SFO and internal investigations into corruption, fraud and misconduct. He also advises on DPAs with foreign authorities.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Jonathan Cotton is one of the brightest lawyers I have ever come across. He is litigation-savvy and his strategic approach is exceptional."
"He is very supportive, responsive and great at analysing issues and making sure we can describe them appropriately to key stakeholders."
"He's very responsive and a good pair of hands."
"Jonathan Cotton is one of the brightest lawyers I have ever come across. He is litigation-savvy and his strategic approach is exceptional."
"He is very supportive, responsive and great at analysing issues and making sure we can describe them appropriately to key stakeholders."
"He's very responsive and a good pair of hands."