Nicola is a commercial litigator with over 30 years' experience in the City. She specialises in high value fraud, financial services and trust and succession litigation, often providing strategic advice to corporates and high net worth individuals on the coordination of cross border disputes across multiple jurisdictions, and the interplay of civil and criminal proceedings.

Nicola has extensive experience in jurisdictional disputes, interim injunctions, especially freezing orders, and a particular interest in sanctions and civil asset recovery. She also advises clients on regulatory investigations, representing finance and legal professionals in investigations by both UK and overseas authorities, and international succession disputes.  

Nicola has consistently been ranked by the leading directories as a “Star individual”, of the “Hall of Fame”, or a “Global Elite Thought Leader”.

Chambers and Partners:

Various sources describe her as "really well regarded" and "absolutely stellar". A market insider reveals that "when conflicted I refer my clients to Nicola without a single doubt in my mind that she'll be the right fit and serve them exquisitely". A highly ranked investigator adds, "Nicola has a brain like a machine and is always coming up with solutions to problems. She's brilliant, particularly on matters involving Russia, and almost every innovative idea I've heard of late has come from her”.

Legal 500:

Nicola Boulton is described by clients as “a natural leader with unsurpassed knowledge of her field, with excellent judgment and an unerring ability to pick the right strategy”.

Who’s Who Legal:

Recommended lawyers include Nicola Boulton who is described as “one of the world’s foremost asset recovery lawyers”.

Richard is an experienced commercial litigator who has worked on some of the most high profile cases of the past decade. He is regularly instructed by banks, asset managers, sovereign states and large corporates on their most complex and important cases. Richard has a wide practice including banking and finance, asset management, corporate, insolvency, professional liability and fraud disputes. He has led major cases in each of these areas, many of which have involved cross border issues and proceedings in multiple jurisdictions, particularly in Europe and the US.

Tatiana is a partner in the litigation and arbitration team at Withersworldwide and focuses on disputes involving the CIS.

She is an experienced commercial litigator, working on both court cases and arbitrations, with market-leading experience in complex cross-border disputes. She has worked on a range of high profile cases for both corporates and high net worth individuals. Some recent individual instructions include representing a Lichtenstein foundation in discharge of Receivership Order application (in both High Court and Court of Appeal proceedings), representing a state-owned company in a multi-jurisdictional construction dispute in the ICC arbitration claim, acting for a company in arbitration claim challenging $72 million LCIA Award and representing a shareholder in an LCIA dispute and a related application for injunction in the High Court.

Tatiana qualified as a Solicitor – Advocate with Higher Rights of Audience, Civil Proceedings (England and Wales). She is also qualified as a Russian Advocate and was called to the Moscow City Bar in 2002.

Recognised as one of the leading dispute resolution lawyers of his generation, Trevor brings his extensive legal knowledge and shrewd analysis to bear for clients in highly-complex matters across various jurisdictions.

A thought leader and a ‘distinguished name in the English litigation market’, Trevor was awarded 2019’s Client Choice Award for Arbitration and ADR in the UK. Surveying senior corporate council only, this award recognised Trevor’s exemplary client service and his ability to add real value to clients’ businesses – above and beyond other players in the market.

He has been lauded by Chambers and Partners, The Legal 500 and Who’s Who Legal for commercial litigation, banking litigation, civil fraud, asset recovery and his experience in co-ordinating proceedings in several jurisdictions, particularly in relation to injunctive relief.

James’ practice spans a broad range of commercial disputes, both in litigation and arbitration. It regularly sees him instructed on high value international disputes, often with a fraud aspect. A confident advocate and a team player, he is equally happy acting as sole counsel as he is as part of a larger legal team. Much of James’ work has an international element. He has been called to the Bar of the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court in the BVI and is a registered practitioner with rights of audience at the AIFC in Kazakhstan.