James Dixon Consultant Litigation Solicitor

James has been a commercial litigator for 17 years. He advises businesses, funds, and high-net-worth individuals on complex, commercial disputes. He started his legal career in London before moving offshore, where he spent a decade practising in the British Virgin Islands and the Cayman Islands. James returned to London in 2022 as a litigation partner at the London office of an international law firm.

Core Expertise

His practice encompasses a broad spectrum of commercial litigation, including:

• Board and shareholder disputes
• Breach of fiduciary duty claims
• Unfair prejudice
• Crypto and digital asset disputes
• Recovery actions
• Copyright and defamation disputes
• Sanctions work

James also has experience in the energy, oil, and gas sectors, in particular contentious insolvency/commercial disputes.

His broader expertise includes asset recovery, and obtaining emergency interim relief, including freezing orders and disclosure orders.

International Perspective

Having practised extensively in both London and offshore jurisdictions, James brings an international perspective to multi-jurisdictional matters. He supports clients and professionals on complex cross-border disputes, drawing upon a network of lawyers, accountants, and insolvency practitioners. His international experience includes the Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities (BLMIS) liquidation in the BVI at a firm instructed by the SIPA Trustee, high-value fund insolvencies in the Cayman Islands, and complex cryptocurrency proceedings in London. James has appeared regularly before both the BVI Commercial Court and the Cayman Islands Grand Court as an advocate.

Representative Experience

Representative experience includes global asset recovery work in the BVI arising from the Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities insolvency, as well as significant digital asset proceedings before the English High Court. James has also advised on Cayman Islands fund disputes, most notably In the matter of Income Collecting 1-3 Months T-Bills Mutual Fund (In Official Liquidation), which included a framework described by the Grand Court as a “new paradigm” for cross-border judicial co-operation.  

Other cases of note include advising on the landmark Anzen v Hermes One Privy Council appeal, which established the definitive international precedent governing the interpretation, jurisdictional scope, and enforcement of permissive arbitration clauses; the High Court commercial action in Accidia Foundation v Simon C Dickinson Ltd (a leading art market authority on fiduciary duties and undisclosed secret commissions); and work on three high-profile English High Court trials for Force India Formula One Team Ltd.