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Provided by Nicola Timmins
Nicola has a broad commercial and commercial chancery practice with particular experience in high value complex disputes, typically involving international components. She has a particular focus on banking, financial services, civil fraud, the natural resources sector, insolvency law, company law, shareholder disputes, and directors disqualification.
Nicola has acted in three of “The Lawyer’s Top 20 Cases” of the year during her career, most recently 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 judiciary, and to tailor her advice and advocacy accordingly.
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 (on secondment from Baker & McKenzie): 2007
Qualified as a solicitor: 2007
Year of Call: 2008
Called to the BVI Bar: 2022
ChBA, Combar, International Women’s Insolvency & Restructuring Confederation, Financial Services Lawyers Association
Emmanuel College, Cambridge: MA (Hons) and LLM
Provided by Chambers
Building on her previous experience as a solicitor at Baker McKenzie, Nicola Timmins now has a busy practice at the Bar, where she specialises in insolvency. She acts for liquidators, creditors and shareholders and handles a variety of claims. Timmins is also called to the Bar of the British Virgin Islands.
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Nicola is technically sharp, extremely responsive and keenly aware of the key legal issues which the court would be most concerned with. She puts the right spin and emphasis on her submissions.
Nicola Timmins is excellent at drafting.
Nicola is very, very quick off the mark. She is thorough and has an appetite for work I've never seen before in a junior. A star in the making.
Nicola managed to get to the crux of the issues very quickly despite the voluminous papers. Her advocacy on the day was extremely impressive, particularly given the challenges of the particular case.
Nicola is really good at getting up to speed on complex matters and she pays lots of attention to the details.
She is excellent in drafting.
Nicola is all over the detail, as you would expect, but also has a great instinct for what is the right commercial answer. She is a delight to work with.
Nicola is a total team player who is technically impeccable and extremely robust.
Nicola is technically sharp, extremely responsive and keenly aware of the key legal issues which the court would be most concerned with. She puts the right spin and emphasis on her submissions.
Nicola Timmins is excellent at drafting.
Nicola is very, very quick off the mark. She is thorough and has an appetite for work I've never seen before in a junior. A star in the making.
Nicola managed to get to the crux of the issues very quickly despite the voluminous papers. Her advocacy on the day was extremely impressive, particularly given the challenges of the particular case.
Nicola is really good at getting up to speed on complex matters and she pays lots of attention to the details.
She is excellent in drafting.
Nicola is all over the detail, as you would expect, but also has a great instinct for what is the right commercial answer. She is a delight to work with.
Nicola is a total team player who is technically impeccable and extremely robust.