Biography
Jane Colston's 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 coordinating 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 CEDR 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 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 said "Jane Colston is one of the best civil litigators in London". Legal 500 2026 ranked Jane within the “Hall of Fame” for Civil Fraud, describing her as “one of the leading litigators in this field”; as a “Leading Partner” for Banking Litigation: Investment & Retail; and a “Recommended Lawyer” for Commercial Litigation: Premium.
Jane has been recognized by Who’s Who Legal as a “Global Elite Thought Leader” for Asset Recovery and Commercial Litigation. Peers have called her a “skillful 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 has substantial experience of acting as a supervising solicitor appointed by the Courts of England and Wales in regard to the execution of search, imaging and door-step delivery up orders and leads Brown Rudnick’s Supervising Solicitors team.