Jasbir has experience of a wide variety of company and corporate insolvency disputes, including (1) advising on security issues arising in company administration proceedings; (2) advising creditors in relation to the Eurotunnel debt restructuring, including issues under the EU Insolvency Regulation; (3) acting for creditors in relation to proceedings seeking to set-aside fraudulent transactions under section 423 of the Insolvency Act and to set-aside fraudulent Individual Voluntary Arrangements.

Jasbir is regularly instructed to appear as counsel in major international arbitrations under LCIA, ICC, SIAC and CAS rules and ad hoc in London, Paris, Switzerland and Singapore. He has extensive experience of dealing with foreign substantive laws including New York, Californian, Arizona, Chinese, Lebanese, Dutch, Singapore, Russian, Iraqi, Iranian, French, Portuguese, Saudi and Indian laws.

Jasbir’s international arbitration experience as counsel includes: (1) LCIA arbitration claim concerning a dispute between litigation finance company and funded party governed by Arizona law; (2) LCIA arbitration claim concerning dispute between litigation finance company and funded party governed by New York law and involving California law; (3) ad hoc arbitration concerning dispute between defence contractors with respect to agreement to provide classified defence technology; (4) SIAC arbitration claim heard in Singapore concerning a minority shareholders’ dispute relating to a major Indian hospital governed by Indian law; (5) an ad hoc arbitration claim heard in London concerning an IT contract raising complex issues of quantification of damages on a claim valued at £1.4 billion; (6) an ICC arbitration claim concerning a dispute with respect to an Indian food group arising out of a shareholders’ agreement governed by Indian law; (7) an ICC arbitration claim heard in London by investment bank involving compatibility of financial derivatives with Saudi law; (8) ad hoc arbitration claim heard in London in which Jasbir represented UK Transport Secretary in dispute concerning rail franchise agreement; and (9) an ad hoc arbitration concerning agreement to provide classified defence technology.

Jasbir has also been appointed to act as arbitrator in institutional and ad hoc arbitrations. Since 2014 Jasbir has been a member of the panel of arbitrators for the KLRCA. Jasbir is a contributor to “SIAC Rules: An Annotation” (Lexis, 2014).

Jasbir has appeared in several substantial applications to the English Court in support of international arbitrations and notable reported judgments include:

Hays v. Bloomfield [2022] EWHC 1648 (Comm) (challenges to LCIA arbitration award for lack of jurisdiction under sections 67 and 72(2)(a) of Arbitration Act 1996 and for serious irregularity under sections 68 and 72(2)(b))

Perkins Engines Co. Ltd. v Ghaddar [2018] EWHC 1500 (Comm) (successful claim for interim anti-suit injunction restraining Lebanese proceedings in support of English arbitration proceedings)

Jasbir has acted in a wide variety of professional negligence disputes including claims against barristers, solicitors, accountants/auditors, tax advisers, bankers and financial professionals. He has lectured extensively on the limitation of auditors' liability under the Companies Act 2006.

Jasbir has extensive experience of insurance and reinsurance disputes.

Jasbir has advised and appeared for clients in matters involving anti-trust/competition and commercial agency law. Jasbir has been instructed in many of the leading English cases concerning the Commercial Agents Regulations. Jasbir has experience of litigating ant-trust disputes concerning the following markets: US tobacco, US airlines, European pay tv/films, Mauritian telecoms and the UK beer/pubs.

Jasbir advises and acts for commercial clients, the Government and other public authorities in relation to judicial review and human rights issues. Jasbir was instructed to act for the Electoral Commission in the first claim for forfeiture of an impermissible donation to a political party.

Paget’s Law of Banking, Assistant Editor

SIAC Rules: An Annotation, Contributor

Competition Litigation, UK Practice and Procedure, Contributor

Keble College, Oxford, MA Jurisprudence, 1st Class Honours

Harvard Law School, LLM

Queen’s Counsel, 2013

Called to English Bar, 1996

Admitted to US Supreme Court Bar, 1998

Admitted to New York State Bar, 1993

Admitted to New York Federal Bar, 1993

• "He can handle very difficult pieces of litigation; it is not just his knowledge, but how he advocates for it in court." (Chambers & Partners 2024)
• "Jasbir is a strong cross-examiner and he's a strong oral and written advocate." (Chambers & Partners 2024)
• "Jasbir is a commanding presence in any hearing. He can also understand the client's case from the big picture to the minute details." (Chambers & Partners 2024)
• "Jasbir knows how to communicate well with clients and the solicitor, team and provides excellent strategic advice without hesitation. He is particularly good on novel points of law." (Chambers & Partners 2024)
• "Jasbir can handle very difficult pieces of litigation. He's highly knowledgeable and very persuasive in court." (Chambers & Partners 2024)
• "Jasbir is a strong cross-examiner." (Chambers & Partners 2024)
• "Jasbir is one of the elite financial services barristers who has a super-rare combination of first-class analytical ability plus compelling courtroom ability. He is extremely persuasive in submissions and then he can really step it up when the time comes to tear apart dishonest testimony in cross-examination." (Legal 500 2024)
• "A very effective cross-examiner." (Legal 500 2024)
• "Jasbir is proactive, creative and a very effective advocate." "Very insightful both in terms of strategy and legal analysis." (Chambers & Partners 2023)
• "Jasbir Dhillon KC is very strategic with great advocacy skills and he reads the judge very well." "Jasbir is proactive, creative and a sharp advocate. He has a real understanding of, and enthusiasm for, banking sector work which makes him a natural choice for structured finance disputes." (Chambers & Partners 2023) 
• "Jasbir is one of the elite Silks at the English Bar for investment banking disputes. He is a formidable courtroom performer with exceptional skills in cross examination. Jasbir has deep expertise in strategising multi-jurisdiction litigation." (Legal 500 2023)
• "The courtroom master, Jasbir is one of the most powerful advocates at the English Bar. He has superb strategic skills and a remarkable ability to get the evidence he needs out of difficult witnesses in court." (Legal 500 2023)
• "Smart, thoughtful, excellent at oral advocacy and highly responsive to clients." (Chambers & Partners 2022)
• "He is first-class on his feet." "He is smart, commercially savvy, and really prepared to put his shoulder to the grindstone."  (Chambers & Partners 2022)
• "An absolute expert in derivatives, with superb skills in running international and multijurisdictional cases. A true master of the courtroom who knows how to persuade the toughest judges." (Legal 500 2022)
• "Jasbir is a complete master of the courtroom. A superb legal mind who also knows how to fight in court." (Legal 500 2022)
• "He is all over the papers and is a very interesting lateral thinker who puts forward very novel points." "A persuasive advocate who is very user-friendly." (Chambers & Partners 2021)
• "Excellent knowledge of ISDA documentation. He's very driven and determined." "Dhillon has great intellectual aptitude and he applies it well." (Chambers & Partners 2021)
• "He is technically excellent, very bright and good on his feet." (Legal 500 2021)
• "The master of finance litigation, particularly derivatives disputes – he is academically superb, combined with exceptional commerciality and formidable courtroom skills." (Legal 500 2021)
• "His advocacy style is excellent and he invariably takes the right points." "A very clever barrister." (Chambers & Partners 2020)
• "A very capable barrister who takes a very robust approach when it comes to his opinions." "A technically strong and courageous advocate whose marshalling of the law and complex facts is really impressive." (Chambers & Partners UK & Global 2020)
• "Phenomenally rigorous and incisive – a true strategic thinker." (Legal 500 2020)
• "Unrivalled in cross-examination, he can destroy a witness and win a case within 15 minutes of standing up in court. Highly impressive in ISDA disputes, he has a great gift for simplifying disputes for the benefit of the court." "He is excellent on the detail and will never let a point slip away." (Chambers & Partners 2019)
• "Jasbir is a very effective advocate, particularly in relation to complex areas of law." "Impresses with his attention to detail, his responsiveness and his ability to spot commercial solutions." (Chambers & Partners 2019)
• "One of the most experienced advocates in ISDA Master Agreements in the UK." (Legal 500 2018-19)
• "Jasbir is a truly impressive KC who wins clients' trust and confidence very quickly. He gets straight to the point and never sits on the fence." (Chambers & Partners 2018)
• "He inspires tremendous confidence in clients with his direct, forceful and decisive style." "He's a very measured and thoughtful lawyer who considers all the angles." (Chambers & Partners 2018)

Punjabi (fluent), Hindi, Urdu