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About
Nik specialises in complex international disputes. Nik has particular experience in civil fraud, asset recovery, judgment enforcement, shareholder disputes, finance disputes and disputes relating to family offices.
He acts for corporate entities, family offices, high net worth individuals and financial institutions in Court and in arbitration.
Nik's work is cross-border and frequently involves the management of parallel proceedings in various jurisdictions. His wider international experience has covered numerous regions and laws including the US, Switzerland, UAE, Hong Kong, India, Latin America, the Caribbean, Liechtenstein, Norway and Turkey.
His recent cases have involved enforcement of financial instruments, allegations of conspiracy, corporate raiding, fraudulent misrepresentation, dishonest assistance, asset misappropriation, breaches of fiduciary duty and family-owed business disputes.
He has particular expertise obtaining and defending urgent interim relief including worldwide freezing orders and disclosure orders obtained in support of high-value litigation and arbitration proceedings and in complex issues of jurisdiction.
He has acted across numerous sectors including banking, sports, legal assets funding, crypto, private capital and commodities.
Nik is a qualified solicitor-advocate and is ranked for Civil Fraud in Chambers UK 2026 and Legal 500 2026 and is recommended by Lexology for commercial litigation and asset recovery.
Experience
- Advising a HNW individual in relation to a worldwide freezing injunction, jurisdiction challenge and conspiracy claims of USD750m in the Commercial Court in England with parallel proceedings in the US, Hong Kong, Russia, Panama, Norway, Isle of Man and Guernsey.
- Advising a family office and HNW individuals in a jurisdiction challenge in the English Courts relating to a US $1bn fraud claim brought by a Chinese joint venture partner and associated s1782 relief sought in the US.
- Advising corporate lenders in obtaining US discovery and a worldwide freezing injunction in support of USD130m LCIA arbitration proceedings against a HNW individual for breaches of personal guarantees.
- Advising a Belgian family office in relation to the misappropriation of over EUR100m of assets and worldwide freezing injunction in a claim spanning multiple jurisdictions.
- Advising a US family office in relation to the enforcement of judgments totalling EUR100m and asset recovery in numerous jurisdictions.
- Advising a private bank in relation to the protection of confidential information, the enforcement of guarantees and the recovery of loans.
- Advising a Swiss private bank in relation to breach of contract and fraudulent misrepresentation claims in English and Turkish proceedings against various entities and individuals following the theft of commodities held in Turkey.
- Advising a group of St Lucian and SVG companies and Liechtenstein Foundations in relation to claims in England, SVG and Liechtenstein regarding the disputed ownership of valuable assets within a corporate structure.
- Advising a HNW individual in relation to a JV dispute arising out of the sale of a cryptocurrency business.
- Advising a party to a joint venture dispute in relation to the funding of the largest claim ever brought in England.
- Advising HNW individuals in relation to a USD100m claim arising out of an investment fund and associated jurisdiction challenge.