• Advising beneficiaries concerning challenges to lifetime transactions made by the deceased on the basis of incapacity and potential claims under the Inheritance (Provision for Family and Dependants) Act 1975, which were resolved through mediation
• Successfully intervening in English Court proceedings to protect our client’s confidential and commercially sensitive documents from being disclosed in public proceedings
• Advising offshore trustees on potential steps to remedy distributions made in error
• Advising US trustees on the enforcement of US court judgments against an individual resident in England and Wales
• Acting for Guernsey trustees successfully contesting the jurisdiction of the English courts regarding claims arising out of the collapse of Kaupthing bank, concerning Isle of Man shares holding UK property worth approximately £20 million
• Advising a Russian individual on his fiduciary obligations on the sale of shares under a trust (the value of the claim was approximately US$60 million)
• Advising a Guernsey trustee concerning its liability for claims by third-party professional advisers in England
• Acting for a commercial landlord successfully defending a proprietary estoppel/constructive trust claim (worth approximately £3 million), which reached the English Court of Appeal
• Acting for an individual financial adviser defendant in a group litigation action in the pensions sector

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• Advised Reliant Medical Group in the sale of its assets and operations to OptumCare, a division of UnitedHealth Group
• Advised Massachusetts Eye & Ear Infirmary, a Harvard-affiliated teaching hospital, in joining Partners HealthCare System, Inc.
• Advised RWJBarnabas Health in the negotiation of a long-term academic and clinical affiliation with Rutgers University
• Advised Steward Health Care System in the negotiation of a clinical affiliation with Cancer Treatment Centers of America
• Advised University of Michigan in structuring a whole hospital joint venture for St. Joseph Chelsea Hospital with Trinity Health
• Advised Northwestern Memorial Health Care (NMHC) and Northwestern Medical Faculty Foundation on a restructuring plan and an enhanced academic affiliation with Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine, and NMHC and Cadence Health in their combination into a single system
• Advised University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics Authority and University of Wisconsin Medical Foundation (collectively, UW Health) on a restructuring plan

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• Who’s Who Legal: Healthcare 2021
• New England’s Best Lawyers
• Super Lawyers:  New England Area
• Martindale-Hubbell, AV Preeminent (highest rating)
• Boston’s Best Lawyers

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• Colonial Society of Massachusetts, committee member
• Massachusetts Historical Society, fellow

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Nick is qualified as a lawyer in England and Wales, the Cayman Islands, British Columbia and Ontario; and has played a key role in litigation in the Cayman Islands, Jersey, Guernsey, the Isle of Man, British Virgin Islands, Singapore, Switzerland, Canada and the United States. A Canadian expatriate in London, Nick often advises Canadian individuals and institutions on matters of UK law either himself or where appropriate in conjunction with other members of McDermott’s prestigious private wealth or tax teams.

Nick is co-Chair of the annual highly respected ALM/LegalWeek Global Elite International Trusts and Estates Forum. He chaired the International Trust & Private Client: Isle of Man conferences in 2017 and 2018. He was chair of the Private Client Summer School program held at Cambridge University in 2018 and 2019. He is often asked to speak on International trusts disputes and has done so in amongst other places New York, the Cayman Islands, Bermuda, Toronto, Chicago, New York, Jersey, Guernsey, Provence, the Isle of Man, Singapore, Hong Kong and the United Arab Emirates. He sits on the Consulting Editorial Board for LexisPrivateClient PSL. He is a co-author of “Contentious Trust Matters in the United Kingdom and Offshore Jurisdictions” in International Estate Planning. (New York: LexisNexis, 2019)

Nick is recognised as leading lawyer in the world’s most eminent legal guides and directories including Chambers High Net Worth, Chambers UK, and Legal 500. CityWealth ranked him as one of the top 100 trust litigators internationally in 2020.

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• Advised trustees in various proceedings in connection with allegations that the trust funds were held to bribe foreign officials and directors of sovereign wealth funds.
• Advised executors and beneficiaries in connection with hostile estate proceedings.

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• Chambers Global, 2012 – 2017. „Nick is especially highly regarded for his contentious trusts practice.“ According to a source, „He has very good skills with clients – he is very practical and likeable, and has a sharp brain on him“
• Chambers UK, 2012 – 2020. „He understands what motivates people in litigation and how to deal with competing priorities,“ sources say, adding: „He manages to sift through reams of correspondence and witness statements, can explain what each one is saying in a nutshell and then cut to the chase. He can see the real picture and work out a way forward“; Another Chambers UK edition states „[Nick] advises individuals and professional trustees on complex cases. Sources single him out for „his efficiency and his knowledge,“ adding „He is relaxed; he is a litigator, but he’s extremely easy to work with. He is also practical in not trying to force things down the court route.“ Nick is described as „the most engaging person and a charming man, but can back that up with the necessary technical expertise“. „Chambers noted that Nick was a lawyer whose considerable strength in trust disputes is noted through the market. Sources comment: „He is bright, affable and very good with clients, making them feel at ease“
• The Legal 500 UK, 2012 – 2023. „Nick is one of the standout leaders in this field, both in London and internationally. He has immense knowledge and experience of trusts litigation in England, Canada and the main Caribbean and Channel Islands jurisdictions. This enables Nick to find creative solutions. He is committed and enthusiastic and his clients find themselves well cared for.“ „[Nick] is very thorough, bright, capable and always sees the bigger picture“. „One of the very best contentious trusts lawyers in London”. Noted as „a good litigator with superb instincts, and an excellent team manager in heavy litigation’. Nick is „…praised for his experience offshore in Cayman.“
• Citywealth, “He would be one of the first lawyers I would contact in respect of trust dispute related matters…” and is „…a force to be reckoned with”
• Who’s Who Legal
• Citywealth Leaders List, 2018 – 2020
• Citywealth, Top 100 Trust Litigators internationally

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• Represented NOAL SCSp, managed by BRG Asset Management, in the sale of French pharmaceutical group Laboratoire XO SA
• Represented Alsco Inc. in the acquisition of CLEAN Linen Services
• Representing Irving Oil in its acquisition of the Whitegate oil refinery, County Cork, Ireland
• Represented Irving Oil in establishing its gasoline blending operations in the Port of Amsterdam, the Netherlands
• Represented Olam International in its acquisition of Archer Daniels Midland Company’s global cocoa business amongst other transactions in Africa, Europe and Russia for the client
• Represented Medtronic plc in its acquisition of the medical device group Aircraft Medical
• Represented the shareholders on the sale of the Nigerian aluminium packaging group Alucan
• Represented the founder of WorldCheck in its sale to Insight and subsequent sale to Thomson Reuters
• Represented Volution SA in its reverse takeover of Nasdaq listed Celsus Therapeutics PLC to become Akari Therapeutics PLC

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• IFLR1000, Energy & Infrastructure Sub-Saharan-Africa Guide 2014

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