Nigel Dougherty

Chambers & Partners 2023 Company/Insolvency Junior of the year.

Nigel is a highly regarded senior junior. He is particularly sought-after in complex corporate and commercial litigation and arbitration, often involving an international element.

His main areas of practice are company and corporate insolvency advice and litigation and arbitration. In particular, JV/shareholder disputes, directors’ duties, takeovers and mergers, directors’ service contracts, share buybacks, shareholder agreements and business/share acquisition agreements and claims. Cases include acting for successful parties in (the 7-month trial of) Ultraframe v Fielding [2005] EWHC 1638 (Ch), Barclays Bank plc v Nylon Capital LLP [2011] 2 Lloyd’s Rep 347 and JKX Oil & Gas Plc v Eclairs Group Ltd [2015] UKSC 71.

Nigel has wider experience of general Commercial Law, particularly banking and professional negligence (especially involving solicitors and accountants/auditors).

Called 1993. Member of Gray's Inn and Inner Temple.

ChBA

Contributor Company Directors: Law and Liability (1998); Author (with Anne Fairpo) of Company Acquisition of Own Shares (7th ed); Contributor, Editor and Director of FromCounsel.