F. R. Jenkins, Esq.
F. R. Jenkins, Esq. is admitted to the Bars of the State of Maine, the District of Columbia and the Commonwealth of Virginia. He has also been called to the Bar of England and Wales by the Honourable Society of the Middle Temple, and he is a Barrister-at-law and Solicitor with full rights of audience in St. Vincent and the Grenadines. He is further admitted to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces, and the Air Force Court of Criminal Appeals.
He was educated at Cambridge University, England (LL.M., English Commercial Law), Cornell University, New York (J.D. with formal specializations in International Law and Business Regulation), and the University of Virginia (B.A. with Distinction, English and International Relations).
Mr. Jenkins has engaged in the private practice of law in the United Kingdom, the United States and the Eastern Caribbean, primarily in various fields of international law, since 1998. His international law practice includes all aspects of cross-border transactions, the formation and representation of international financial institutions, international investigations and complex international litigation.
Mr. Jenkins has expertise and a track-record of success in civil counter-terror litigation. He successfully represented the British insurer Lloyds, and acted as settlement agent for the bankruptcy trustee for the flagship American airline Pan American Airways, in their claims against Libya arising from Libya’s involvement in the 1989 terrorist bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland. He has represented the victims of numerous other large scale terrorist attacks, including the victims of the simultaneous attacks on the Radisson, Hyatt and Days Inn hotels in 2005 in Amman, Jordan in what has been called “Jordan’s 9-11”; the victims of the simultaneous attacks in 1985 on the Fiumicino Airport in Rome, Italy and the Schwechat Airport in Vienna, Austria; the victims of the 2018 attack on the Kabul Intercontinental Hotel; and the victims of the 2015 attack on the Kabul Park Palace Hotel. Mr. Jenkins has also represented American diplomats and soldiers killed by terrorists in Jordan and Iraq. He has sued Libya, Syria and Iran for their provision of material support and resources to some of the world’s most dangerous terrorists. His work contributed to the realization of the 2008 Justice for Victims of State Sponsored Terrorism Act and the Libya Claims Resolution Act, landmark legislation in this area. He has servaed on the International Advisory Board of the Herzliya Conference, one of Israel’s most important national security and counter-terrorism conferences and think tanks.
Mr. Jenkins also has a special interest and extensive contacts in the world’s so-called “offshore finance centres.” It is estimated that at least one-third of global wealth resides in or is structured through the offshore finance centres. Any client venturing into the offshore finance centres should do so only with an experienced guide. Mr. Jenkins has acted as counsel to the organizers of a range of offshore businesses and financial institutions, including offshore investment banks, offshore mutual and hedge funds and fund managers, and offshore insurance companies. He has represented offshore fiduciary service providers; parties with difficulties with offshore financial regulators; parties conducting individual commercial transactions and/or operating active businesses in or through offshore jurisdictions; parties conducting wealth and estate planning using offshore vehicles and plans; parties seeking offshore asset protection; offshore parties defending themselves from creditor attack in onshore litigation; parties suspicious they are being lured into offshore scams; and parties seeking to recover assets stolen from them in complex international fraud involving offshore vehicles. Mr. Jenkins has served on the advisory board of a leading offshore publication, chairman of leading offshore conferences, and has consulted offshore government with respect to legislative initiatives .
Before entering private law practice, Mr. Jenkins served on active duty in the U.S. Air Force, as a JAG. He served at the 48th Fighter Wing, RAF Lakenheath, an active F-15 fighter base in East Anglia, England. He acted as prosecutor in numerous courts-martial, and periodically advised Squadron and Wing commanders on matters of public international law, including the Geneva and Hague Conventions, the U.S.-U.K. Status of Forces Agreement and the Strategic Arms Reduction Treaties. In the civil arena, he acted for the largest U.S. Air Force procurement function in the U.K., and handled a range of cross-border contract, employment, environmental, labor and tort matters.
Mr. Jenkins also worked with Monitor Company, an international strategy consultancy headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts and founded by Harvard Business School professors. From their London offices, he was deployed on a number of board-level engagements with major multinationals. His major achievements at Monitor include designing a new tax-efficient product for the largest roadside assistance company in the U.K., and securing the permission of the European Commission’s Merger Task Force to the acquisition by Heineken of Diageo Plc’s Spanish subsidiary and operations. He continues to enjoy business strategy and is able to contribute a sharp business mind to many of his client engagements.
