Jonathan is a commercial chancery junior specialising in complex and high value litigation in the fields of private client, company, civil fraud, and general commercial disputes.

In recent years, Jonathan has been instructed in some of the most high-profile pieces of litigation before the English courts, including Pakistan v Prince Muffakham Jah (the Hyderabad Fund dispute) and Munícipio de Mariana and oths v BHP Group (the Fundão Dam disaster litigation). There is an international dimension to much of Jonathan's work and he is frequently instructed to provide advice in respect of matters proceeding overseas as well as in this jurisdiction.

As Partner in the International and Competition departments, and with over 14 years in the legal sector, Jeremy Evans leads the Orange Juice Cartel Litigation and plays a pivotal role in the Fundão Dam Litigation.

Before joining Pogust Goodhead in August 2019, Jeremy was part of the International Group Claims department at Leigh Day.

Jeremy Evans also leads a number of Pogust Goodhead’s Competition Law cases, which focus on breaches of section 2(1) of the Competition Act 1998 and Article 101 of the Treaty of the Functioning of the European Union through resale price maintenance.

Charlie Rooke is a Vice President with responsibility for assessing and underwriting legal risk as part of Burford’s investment team in London, with a particular focus on complex commercial and competition litigation in the UK and Europe.

Prior to joining Burford, Mr. Rooke was a Senior Counsel at the Royal Bank of Canada, where he managed multi-million-pound disputes and competition claims in the UK, Europe and APAC, and handled significant regulatory enforcement matters involving a wide range of global regulators. He also worked as a litigator at Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer in London, representing high-profile clients including major banks and large corporates in the UK and internationally in a large portfolio of litigation matters, particularly relating to complex financial products or markets.

Mr. Rooke earned his law degree from Oxford University and completed his Legal Practice Course at BPP Law School in London.