Nick Brocklesby

• Representing a military defense contractor in its enforcement of a significant arbitration award against the State of Libya, including proceedings before the Supreme Court of England.
• Represented an Irish issuer of bonds in ongoing High Court proceedings, turning upon the payment of a €250 million premium, allegedly due on repayment of the bonds.
• Representing an investment arm of the largest commercial bank in Saudi Arabia in High Court proceedings, arising from the widely reported collapse of the NMC Health group in Abu Dhabi.
• Represented an international investment bank in proceedings before the Court of Appeal, in a dispute regarding the allocation of a payment premium following secondary trades between the relevant parties.
• Represented an international private equity house in respect of claims pursued, in numerous jurisdictions, against its founder, with an aggregate value in excess of €950 million.
• Represented multiple hedge funds in proceedings against the Irish Nationwide Building Society, regarding the rights of its subordinated bond holders, including proceedings before the Court of Appeal.
• Represented an international investment bank in High Court proceedings brought against it relating to its role as a collateral management agent, with the dispute involving Lehman Brothers International (Europe).
• Represented various investment banks in a variety of disputes relating to subordinated debt, credit default and interest rate swaps, and other derivative products.

Nicholas Brocklesby is a partner in the Litigation Trial & Practice Group, and a member of the Financial Services Litigation Team. He advises major corporate entities, investment banks, hedge funds managers, private equity houses, and other financial institutions on commercial litigation and banking and financial services disputes.

Nick has been consistently ranked in Chambers UK, Chambers Europe, and Legal 500 as a leading individual in both commercial and banking litigation, for more than a decade. Clients have described him as “very impressive,” “brilliant for strategy,” a “star performer,” “always a pleasure to work with,” a “standout lawyer,” “very thoughtful and considered in his delivery,” “enormously clever and experienced,” an “excellent litigator” with a “first-rate mind,” and note his “enormous dedication to his clients.” He is also described as a “great advocate,” “a wonderful person … able to assist on sensitive situations,” “extremely user-friendly, thorough, and hard-working,” a “serious strategic thinker,” and someone who “really knows his stuff” and “achieves great outcomes for clients.”

Bar Admissions

• Solicitor of the Senior Courts of England and Wales

Education

• Chester College of Law (L.P.C., 1998)
• University of Oxford (B.A., 1997)