
Nick Ractliff
Nick is a partner who specialises in complex, high value and multi-jurisdictional litigation in a broad range of disputes involving civil fraud, asset recovery, enforcement of awards and foreign judgments, banking and financial services, arbitration, shareholder and director claims, and insolvency. He has extensive experience in managing and coordinating large teams of lawyers and other professionals across different jurisdictions and particularly accomplished in seeking freezing, search and disclosure orders both domestically and simultaneously in other jurisdictions. He is recommended for his hands-on approach, ability to navigate complex dispute resolution cases and highly effective management of litigation The most notable cases in which he has acted include JSC VTB Bank v Pavel Skurikhin, Vneshprombank LLC v Georgy Bedzhamov and Others, KMG International NV v Melanie Chen & Others, BM Bank JSC (formerly OJSC Bank of Moscow) v Andrey Chernakov, Dar Al Arkan and Bank Alkhair v Majid Al Refai and Others, The Ritz Hotel Casino Limited v Al Geabury, and Jennington v the Assaubayev Family. · PCB Byrne
About
Partner at PCB Byrne specialising in complex, high‑value and multi‑jurisdictional litigation across civil fraud, asset recovery, enforcement of awards and foreign judgments, banking and financial services, arbitration, shareholder and director claims, and insolvency. Experienced in managing large multi‑jurisdictional teams and in obtaining freezing, search and disclosure orders both domestically and concurrently in other jurisdictions.
Practice areas
Office
Expertise
Education
- The King’s School Canterbury
- BA in Economics, University of Exeter (1987)
- CPE, College of Law, Chester (1988)
- LSF, College of Law, Guildford (1989)
Admissions
- Qualified as a solicitor in England and Wales (1991)