Jonathan Mendelsohn-Malik
Associate, Litigation
Jon Malik is a Solicitor-Advocate in Willkie's Litigation and Investigations & Enforcement Groups in London.
His practice covers both civil and criminal disputes and investigations, with a particular focus on cases relating to fraud, bribery, money laundering, human/business rights and other financial misconduct. He also regularly advises on key financial crime legislation and assists organisations to develop best-in-class compliance programmes.
Jon has acted on several of the largest and most high-profile disputes and investigations in recent years. His work typically involves cross-border, complex and business-critical matters for corporates, financial institutions, public organisations and individuals. He has particular experience in managing sensitive matters that involve overlapping civil, criminal and/or regulatory issues.
Jon is recognised in The Legal 500 as “very impressive”. His civil and criminal case teams have won all major national litigation awards at least once.
Experience
Selected Significant Matters:
- Representing Man Group in defence of claims of over $800 million brought by the Kuwaiti Public Institution for Social Security involving allegations of fraud, bribery and corruption.
- Advising a Fortune 500 company on a sensitive internal investigation into allegations of fraud, conflicts of interest and related issues.
- Acted for Ultra Electronics in relation to a long-running investigation by the SFO into suspected bribery and corruption.*
- Managed parallel proceedings in multiple jurisdictions in Asia, Europe and the Middle East relating to an alleged global conspiracy to defraud in the diamond industry.*
- Represented a multinational bank in defence of DIAC arbitration involving fraud, Quincecare and related claims.*
- Advised the founders of a cryptoasset exchange on a fraud dispute involving matters subject to well-publicised investigations by criminal and regulatory authorities in several jurisdictions.*
- Acted for Petrofac in its successful and innovative resolution of one of the SFO’s largest and most complex bribery and corruption investigations.*
- Advised a global pharmaceutical company on a complex, large-scale and sensitive internal investigation into bribery and corruption, regulatory, product liability, employment and other concerns in the Middle East.*
- Successfully defended a natural resources company owned by an African state in ICC arbitration relating to one of the highest-profile instances of corruption globally in recent years.*
- Represented Grant Thornton and others in the successful defence of multi-billion pound conspiracy and related claims brought by the Tchenguiz brothers relating to the SFO’s investigation into the collapse of Kaupthing Bank.*
* Jon advised on these matters at a previous firm
Credentials
Education
BPP Business School, M.B.A., 2014 BPP Law School, Legal Practice Course, 2013 College of Law, Graduate Diploma in Law, 2011 University of Chicago, B.A. (double first-class honours), 2008