Joanna Page

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joanna.page@aoshearman.com

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Joanna is a seasoned litigator in corporate and commercial disputes, both domestic and international and is also highly rated for her experience in international arbitration. She handles claims through a range of different dispute mechanisms. She has experience of ICC, LCIA and ad hoc arbitrations and has also litigated extensively in the English Commercial Court and in the Chancery Division.

Joanna is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, a Bye-Fellow at Downing College, Cambridge and a CEDR Accredited Mediator. She has been a trustee of CEDR since 2018 and has been Chair at CEDR since 2019. Joanna has higher rights of audience (Civil). She supervises in Contract Law and also Company Law at Cambridge University.

Joanna was Head of Corporate & Commercial Litigation in London from 2010-2016 and Head of Insurance Litigation in London from 2006 to 2023. Alongside her client work, Joanna is one of the firm's four Values Partners and a Partner in Risk Management within the firm.

Chambers UK 2022 comments on Joanna include "She is very good at seeing things from the client's point of view and is conscious of the need for teamwork and coordination. She runs a very tight ship and is a commercial and realistic lawyer. Joanna has fantastic case handling skills and judgement."

Chambers UK 2023 states that Joanna is "very experienced and hard-working".

In 2013 she was appointed by the Law Society of England & Wales as their lead expert on an EU Expert Group examining whether differences in insurance law across the EU present obstacles to trade.