Jane Colston is co-practice group leader of Brown Rudnick’s Litigation and Dispute Resolution Practice Group in London. Her practice focuses on complex and high-value commercial banking, contract and tort disputes as well as company, shareholders and partnership disputes. Jane has acted in numerous complex fraud cases and has extensive experience of forensic investigations, most of which have involved working with teams of investigators and accountants, and co-ordinating lawyers in multiple jurisdictions to trace and freeze assets. She has managed numerous cases involving freezing, proprietary, search, disclosure, gagging, imaging and delivery-up injunctions as well as breach of confidence and privacy claims. Jane is also a Centre for Effective Dispute Resolution Accredited Mediator. A significant part of Jane’s practice involves brand and reputation protection for, among others, high-profile individuals, global companies and sovereign states. She has acted in numerous high-stakes, headline-grabbing cases involving millions to billions of pounds, euros and dollars, including international high-net-worth divorce proceedings, wherein the personal and business reputations, as well as privacy, of those involved were of paramount concern. Clients turn to Jane for sound practical advice on legal and risk management because of her deep technical knowledge and real hands-on experience of running cases successfully. Jane has been ranked Band 1 — the highest ranking possible — in Chambers UK for civil fraud multiple years in a row. The prestigious directory commented that she is “direct, smart and fierce” and “very bright”. One client in particular commented that she is “known for her particular expertise on search orders and has brilliant knowledge of implementing search orders efficiently and effectively”. Additional comments included that she is “one of the top fraud lawyers in London” and “Jane is a force of nature as a person and as a solicitor. She commands incredible respect. She is formidable.” She is also ranked in Chambers Litigation Support Guide for asset tracing and recovery. The guide commented that “market peers and clients both past and present consider her to be a strong practitioner and a formidable litigator”. Jane has been recognised by Who’s Who Legal as a “Global Elite Thought Leader” for Asset Recovery and Commercial Litigation. Peers have called her “skilful and very adept” and “a very dynamic, tough operator”. Sources have commented, “Jane Colston is a top-class lawyer who garners strong support thanks to her great expertise in high-value commercial banking, contract and tort disputes among others” and have distinguished Jane as “one of the best English disputes practitioners”. Jane is named in Legal 500’s Hall of Fame where the lawyers at the very top of the profession, widely known and respected by peers and clients for their longstanding involvement in market-leading work feature. Legal 500 states, “Jane Colston is simply wonderful — legally, strategically and technically astute”. Jane co-edited and co-authored Global Legal Post’s Law Over Borders Comparative Guide to Cryptoassets, published in 2024 and featuring contributions from an array of leading firms in key jurisdictions across the world.