OVERVIEW
Expertise
A New Zealand qualified lawyer, Jenny provides a comprehensive range of civil and commercial litigation services, including regulatory litigation, directors’ duties litigation and arbitration. She joined Hausfeld from the dispute resolution team at Forsters LLP, where she practised with a specific focus on UK class actions. Prior to that Jenny was a senior solicitor and crown prosecutor at Meredith Connell, New Zealand’s biggest litigation firm.
As part of her pro-bono efforts, Jenny was a member of various work committees which advocates for better working environments and is part of the environmental and human rights team at Hausfeld.
Clients
She has represented a diverse clientele of corporate entities and government agencies.
Jenny is fluent in Korean.
EDUCATION
LLB, University of Auckland
BAR ADMISSIONS
Admitted to the High Court of New Zealand, 2018
NEWS
EVENTS
PUBLICATIONS
Ji Yeon Ha “The Harman Undertaking in Australia: Jones v Treasury Wine Estate Ltd” (2022) Journal of Civil Litigation and Practice (subscription).
Experience
Commercial & Financial Disputes
Before Hausfeld, Jenny was part of the legal team:
- Acting for a high-profile global company against its former senior executives and auditors concerning significant irregular accounting practices and negligence, which amounted to a high value of over $300 million.
- Acting for the liquidators of a construction company in claims brought against the former directors of the company for breach of directors’ duties.
- Providing assistance on various regulatory investigative and enforcement actions brought by the , including for leaky defective buildings and school regulations.
- Working on arbitration matters for the Ministry of Education regarding a defective school build and, on another occasion, a dispute about payment for a local-government roading project.
Antitrust/Competition
At Hausfeld, Jenny is part of the legal team:
- The opt-out collective action filed with the CAT on behalf of an estimated 19.5 million eligible UK users of smartphones and tablets running on Google’s Android operating system relating to excessive and unlawful charges on purchase in the Google Play store. The claim alleges that Google unfairly restricts consumers from accessing potential competition from other app distributors, by requiring smartphone manufacturers to pre-install a bundle of Google’s proprietary apps and services including the Google Play Store as well as imposing other contractual and technical restrictions.
- The representative collective action filed with the CAT on behalf of some 19.6 million eligible UK iPhone and iPad users relating to excessive and unlawful charges by the Apple App Store. The claim alleges that Apple’s conduct violates section 18 of the UK Competition Act 1998 and Article 102 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union.
