Nick is a partner in our Dispute Resolution team, specialising in English disputes, corporate crime and regulatory investigations. Nick spent over ten years at a Magic Circle firm in London, before joining Burness Paull. He has experience of advising individuals, corporates and financial institutions in connection with a range of complex and high-value disputes and investigations across a variety of sectors, including financial services, manufacturing, construction, oil and gas and employment.
Nick has acted in a range of disputes and prosecutorial and regulatory fora, including SFO, FCA, CMA and ICO investigations, High Court litigation, foreign litigation and ICC and LCIA arbitrations. He plays a leading role in our firm’s cyber security practice and previously sat on the board of the Cyber and Fraud Centre – Scotland. Nick has also spent time on secondment in the litigation and regulatory enforcement team of a multinational financial services institution.
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