Joe Young
Legal Director
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Joe leads on various contentious legal matters at Astraea and heads the firm’s internal Knowledge and Training programs. Joe provides simple and efficient solutions to complex disputes, typically advising on international and high-value claims for either claimants or defendants.
Joe joined Astraea after 10 years as a litigator at a leading international law firm. He has advised at all stages of litigation from pre-action to trial and has managed successful proceedings in both the High Court and appellate courts. Joe has advised a range of clients from listed companies to HNW individuals. Joe has also advised on various arbitrations from inception to the final hearing. Examples include: acting for the claimant in one of the biggest Civil Fraud cases in history; acting for an aircraft manufacturer at both first instance and in the Court of Appeal in a multi-million dispute with an airline; acting in a variety of interim applications (e.g. freezing orders, disclosure orders, summary judgment, and security for costs etc.); and, deploying ADR mechanisms and attending many mediations.
Joe has a first-class degree in Economics & Politics and taught maths in secondary schools in Yorkshire and London before turning to law. Joe served for four years as school governor at a secondary school in a disadvantaged part of East London and wrote a leading blog on Shared Parental Leave.