Jonathan Christy

Senior Associate

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What can I do for you

Jonathan is a senior associate working across a broad array of corporate and commercial disputes. He has extensive experience in breach of contract and breach of warranty claims, with a particular interest in founder/shareholder disputes, breach of directors' duties claims and unfair prejudice petitions. Additionally, Jonathan has experience in specialist areas such as obtaining evidence for foreign proceedings through letters of request, and securing and maintaining freezing injunctions and proprietary orders in multi-party international fraud proceedings. 

He has acted for clients in the Court of Appeal, High Court (Chancery Division, King’s Bench, and Technology and Construction Court), and in ICC arbitration proceedings.

What do others say

Jonathan is recognised by Legal 500 (2025) directory as a “key lawyer” and as follows:

"Clients are consistently impressed with the Mills & Reeve team, particularly Mark Davison, Sarah Jacobs and Jonathan Christy."

Supporting your ambitions

Jonathan has been instructed by a range of clients in both the public and private sectors, regularly advising high net worth individuals, major UK companies, and multinational businesses. His work is not sector-specific, but Jonathan has most commonly acted for clients in the tech, finance, and health sectors.

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What our clients say about us

“I think Mills & Reeve are a wonderful firm. The support they have provided to us in a really difficult area has been brilliant, collaborative and commercially minded. The team were absolutely wonderful and a joy to work with. Amazing advice and support and a real collaborative effort with us. I can't thank them enough for getting us through some really tough times and doing so with an amazing can-do attitude.”

“They are friendly, fast, always available and always on top of the game. I tend to judge my legal team against the other side's legal team and never doubt Mills & Reeve is the better of the two.”

“All interactions have been very clear. Responses to questions have always been very swift and unambiguous. Our company, and my family, have used various services in Mills & Reeve with the same level of satisfaction.”

“I value the fact that Mills & Reeve are recognised as a good place to work in the UK Best Companies survey. This aligns with the values of our business and means that Mills & Reeve can share what is required to achieve this status with our business.”