Nicola Boulton
Nicola Boulton
Partner, Litigation
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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”.
“Nicola Boulton is intelligent, knowledgeable, insightful, analytical, focussed, lucid, efficient, supportive, collaborative and pragmatic. Simply put: there is no one better. You need her on your team wherever English law and procedure is in the mix.”
Work Highlights
Advising the first and second defendants in one of the most significant pieces of international fraud litigation to come before the Commercial Court in recent years.
Acting for a leading Russian commodities firm in a $3 billion claim in the Commercial Court.
Acting for a leading agrochemicals interest in a sanctions dispute in the Commercial Court.
Advising the successful Trustees in Lea Lilly Perry and another (Appellants) v Lopag Trust Reg in the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands, and subsequently in the Privy Council.
Acting for a successful defendant in Tatneft v Bogolubov and others.
Acting for a successful defendant trust entity in Vale v Steinmetz and others.
Qualifications
Qualified: 1994
Accolades: Ranked by Chambers and Partners (Eminent Practitioner), Legal 500 (Hall of Fame), and Index (Global Elite Thought Leader)