Jessica Stansfield

First Year of Call
2017

Areas of Practice
Commercial Litigation

Description
Jessica Stansfield is a Partner in the Commercial Litigation Practice Group and the Blockchain and Digital Assets Practice Group at WeirFoulds LLP. Jessica is top ranked (Band 1) in the Chambers FinTech Guide “Crypto-Asset Disputes – Canada” category.

Jessica represents clients in complex and high-stakes disputes involving digital assets, fraud and asset tracing, breaches of fiduciary and employment-related duties, and shareholder and partnership claims. She has considerable depth in urgent injunctive relief, particularly freezing and preserving funds and digital assets, as well as with cross-border litigation and jurisdictional disputes. She also advises clients on internal policies and controls, evidence preservation, and regulatory and litigation risks arising from data breaches, cybersecurity incidents, and misappropriations of funds and digital assets. Jessica’s clients include private and public corporations, traditional and decentralized financial institutions, not-for-profit organizations, and individuals. Her focus is on achieving practical outcomes for clients and providing strategic clarity in challenging situations and complex litigation.

Clients have described Jessica as “bright, dedicated and keenly insightful,” and said she “impresses due to her work on multi-jurisdictional fraud and digital asset-tracing and recovery matters.”