Nick Scott

Nick advises on High Court commercial litigation and complex commercial disputes, including shareholder, partnership, directors, joint venture, IT, and founders disputes, using ADR to resolve matters efficiently and effectively.

• Represented a CEO accused of inducing a breach of a $66m joint venture agreement.
• Represented a disruptive tech startup accused of inducing breach of contract.
• Represented the Labour Party in relation to a challenge to the suspension of Chris Williamson MP from the Labour Party: [2019] EWHC 2639 (QB).
• Advised on a £50 million dispute with HMRC in relation to recovery of unpaid capital allowances. Advised on various mediated settlements with HMRC.
• Advised on a $16 million arbitration relating to a repudiatory breach claim against a private equity owner of a number of shopping centres.
• Advised on a shareholder dispute for Edwardian Hotel Group. Advised on an LLP dispute for an AI-driven hedge fund.
• Advised on various matters arising out of the insolvency of Gable Insurance AG.
• Advised Labour Party on threatened injunction application. claim with major customer.
• Successfully secured return of £1 million of stock wrongly retained by customer.
• Successfully resolved complex discrimination claim against the Labour Party.
• Advised leading global software company on significant claim for unlawfully withheld deductions under Master Services Agreement.
• Acted for the directors of a significant Indian-owned hotel chain in relation to a shareholder dispute amongst the owner family.
• Acted for a minority shareholder in an unfair prejudice claim pertaining to corporate ownership of a high-value UK property portfolio.
• Acted for the directors of a significant Indian-owned hotel chain on a trust dispute pertaining to ownership of a foreign hotel portfolio.
• Acted for an ultra-high-net-worth Indian businessman on recovery of funds from a failed investment scheme.

Nick advises on cross-border commercial disputes through LCIA, ICC, AAA, WIPO, and LME arbitration, providing expert guidance on international commercial arbitration and resolving complex matters efficiently using ADR processes.

• Advised Xebia on successful resolution of € multi-million breach of contract.
• Advised on a dispute between German fund management group and their seed investor as to whether a revenue sharing hurdle had been met.
• Acted for a German high-tech manufacturing company in a Commercial Agents Regulations dispute with an English commercial agent.
• Successful settlement at mediation on confidential terms.
• Acted on a successful resolution of a Commercial Agents Regulations dispute for a Mittelstand exporter of high-tech manufacturing machinery.
• Acted for a significant German automotive parts manufacturer on various supply chain disputes including force majeure issues arising out of Covid-19.
• Acted for a German manufacturing company on resolution of software ransom preventing operation of a production line.
• Acted for an African diamond mining company in a claim for wrongful death of an English employee further to an attack on a diamond mine in Angola.
• Acted for a listed junior mining company in a dispute relating to threatened termination of its mining licence in a Southern African state.
• Acted for a listed oil and gas exploration company in a $1 billion joint operating agreement dispute relating to North African oil and gas assets.
• Acted for a listed oil and gas exploration company in an LCIA arbitration pertaining to a failed seismic survey.
• Advised foreign shareholders in a nationalised African bank on possible claims against the relevant African government.

Nick advises on corporate compliance, Bribery Act, sanctions, and data protection issues, combining ADR expertise with pragmatic guidance on complex regulatory challenges and risk mitigation strategies.

• Represented a political party in high-profile ICO investigation (Operation Cederberg) into political parties’ use of data analytics and potential breaches of the Data Protection Act.
• Advised on LCIA arbitration raising complex issues of force majeure, contractual best endeavours obligations and sanctions licensing regimes.
• Drafted anti-bribery and corruption policies for various junior mining, and oil and gas, exploration and production companies.

Nick advises on complex disputes in oil, gas, mining, and commodities in High Court litigation, international arbitration, and ADR, including shareholder, director, and joint venture disputes, sanctions, and Bribery Act matters.

• Advised on a $1.67 billion oil and gas dispute relating to ownership of oilfields in Kurdistan: Excalibur v Texas Keystone & Others [2013] EWHC 2767 (Comm).
• Advised on a $12 million LCIA arbitration against a major listed oil and gas company.
• Advised on a breach of directors’ duties claim against an AIM listed oil and gas company.
• Advised on an unfair prejudice claim for a minority shareholder in a gold trading company.
• Advised on a $1 billion LCIA arbitration JOA dispute relating to non-payment of cash calls and potential forfeiture of interests in a number of Algerian oil and gas fields. Settled on confidential terms.
• Successfully counselled mining company CEO in relation to failure to comply with PDMR notifications.

Nick resolves complex disputes in banking, funds, and financial services through High Court litigation, arbitration, and ADR, advising on shareholder, fund management, and contractual claims, as well as tax, sanctions, and financial misconduct matters.

• Advised on a confidential dispute between a fund management group and their seed investor as to whether a revenue sharing payment hurdle had been met.
• Acted for a Central European Financial Services group on the enforcement of non-performing loans.
• Advised various clients both corporate and individual on claims for the mis-selling of interest rate hedging products.
• Advised on a confidential dispute relating to failure to execute Swiss Franc stop loss orders when Swiss Central Bank removed euro currency peg.
• Advised on a claim for reimbursement of settlement monies paid out by a bank to Izodia, a software company defrauded by Dr Gerald Smith.

• Advised on a claim by a high-profile industry executive for a repudiatory breach of service contract for failure to confirm and pay bonus entitlement within parameters of the bonus scheme and claim for accelerated payment of sums due under a long term incentive plan (“LTIP”).
• Acted for Austrian bank RZB on fraudulent misrepresentation claim against RBS in relation to a syndicated loan to Enron: Raiffeisen Bank v RBS [2010] EWHC 1392 Comm.
• Advised a hedge fund on a claim against a German bank in relation to losses arising out of alleged failure by the bank to exercise a stop loss order.
• Advised a fund management group on a dispute with a seed investor as to whether a revenue-sharing payment hurdle was met.
• Acted for Austrian bank RZB on a fraudulent misrepresentation claim against RBS in relation to a syndicated loan to Enron: Raiffeisen Bank v RBS [2010] EWHC 1392 Comm.
• Advised foreign shareholders in a nationalised African bank on possible claims against the relevant African government.

Recognised by The Legal 500 for Commercial Litigation 2025

Recognised by The Legal 500 for Dispute Resolution 2024

Leading member of the Legal Business Dispute Resolution Team of the Year 2014 for a $1.65 billion oil and gas claim

Leading member of The Lawyer Litigation Team of the Year 2014 for a $1.65 billion oil and gas claim