Jonathan Rostron (Partner) was admitted as a solicitor in England in 1985 (now non practising) and in Hong Kong in 1987. He worked with Holman Fenwick & Willan in London and Hong Kong between 1985 and 1990 and in London with More Fisher Brown (now MFB) from 1990 to 1992. He became a partner of the now defunct City of London law firm, Sinclair Roche and Temperley in 1994 and in July 2001 left to set up Jonathan Rostron Solicitors ("JRS"). He was formerly a member of the Hong Kong Law Society’s Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal.

Jonathan Rostron was born in Bolton, England in 1960 and after attending Bolton School and Sheffield University, he attended law college in Chester in 1982 and went on to pass the then Law Society Final examination in 1983.

He mainly undertakes shipping and commercial litigation which also touches on insurance(marine and non-marine) and commodities disputes. Since 2003 JRS has become active in sale and purchase work at the behest of its ship owning clients and has also undertaken work for banks in complex sale and purchase, loan and bareboat charter back arrangements.

Jonathan accepts appointments as an arbitrator and recent work includes arbitral references involving charterparty, ship building and commodities disputes.

He has two sons and a daughter aged 18, 12 and 16. He enjoys tennis, swimming, golf, watching horse racing, rugby and cricket. He is a member of the Hong Kong Jockey Club and The Hong Kong Club. He is a fluent German speaker.

Tel: +852 2891 9558
Mobile: +852 9193 6269
Email: rostron@rostron.com.hk