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About
Provided by Nicola Timmins
Practice Areas
Nicola has a broad commercial and commercial chancery practice with particular experience in high value complex disputes, typically involving international components, issues relating to banking and security documents, the natural resources sector, company law and insolvency law.
Nicola has acted in three of “The Lawyer’s Top 20 Cases” of the year during her career, including in 2023 acting for the former CEO of Carillion in the high-profile Carillion director disqualification proceedings which arose from allegations concerning the accounting treatment of infrastructure projects and followed the largest liquidation in UK history.
Alongside a busy practice in London, Nicola regularly accepts instructions in offshore matters, particularly from Bermuda, the Cayman Islands and the BVI (where she is called to the Bar).
As a former solicitor and judicial assistant in the Court of Appeal, Nicola is well placed to understand the needs of both her professional clients and the court, and to tailor her advice and advocacy accordingly.
Career
Second Lieutenant, Royal Artillery (Short Service Limited Commission): 1998-1999
Researcher, The Hague Conference on Private International Law: 2004-2005
Trainee and Associate Solicitor in the dispute resolution department, Baker & McKenzie LLP: 2005-2008
Judicial Assistant to the Court of Appeal: 2007
Qualified as a solicitor: 2007
Year of Call: 2008
Called to the BVI Bar: 2022
Professional Memberships
ChBA, Combar, , International Women’s Insolvency & Restructuring Confederation, Financial Services Lawyers Association
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Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Nicola is exceptionally user-friendly and approachable. Her advice consistently strikes the right balance, considering as it does both the commercial realities of the case and the client’s objectives."
"Very clear and very practical."
"She's technically excellent and incredibly bright as well. She has an ability to focus not only on the larger picture but also on the finer details in a matter."
"Nicola is a stand-out junior and a very safe pair of hands for any dispute, however complex."
"Nicola is incredibly hard-working and is able to get into the detail of a case quickly. She can digest complex and voluminous information speedily and effectively, and is an excellent advocate."
"Nicola is exceptionally user-friendly and approachable. Her advice consistently strikes the right balance, considering as it does both the commercial realities of the case and the client’s objectives."
"Very clear and very practical."
"She's technically excellent and incredibly bright as well. She has an ability to focus not only on the larger picture but also on the finer details in a matter."
"Nicola is a stand-out junior and a very safe pair of hands for any dispute, however complex."
"Nicola is incredibly hard-working and is able to get into the detail of a case quickly. She can digest complex and voluminous information speedily and effectively, and is an excellent advocate."
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