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Nicola Boulton

Nicola is a commercial litigator with 30 years’ experience of the most complex cross border disputes. Nicola has particular expertise in City fraud, financial services, trust and succession disputes and asset tracing matters. Nicola's practice focuses on multi jurisdiction litigation, often involving CIS and African parties and off-shore jurisdictions. She acts for high net worth individuals, legal and financial services professionals, corporates and hedge funds. She has extensive expertise and experience of interlocutory injunctive measures, particularly Freezing Orders and all issues relating to money laundering and civil forfeiture. Current matters include acting for the First and Second Defendants in The Public Institution of Social Security -v- al Rajaan and others, scheduled to be heard in the Commercial Court over 30 weeks 2025. Nicola is a Solicitor-Advocate (Higher Courts Criminal and Civil Proceedings). Before Wallace, Nicola worked at Byrne and Partners, Dechert, the FSA and Clyde & Co. · Wallace LLP

EnglandLitigation, Civil Fraud

About

Commercial litigator with 30 years’ experience handling complex cross-border disputes, particularly City fraud, financial services, trust and succession disputes and asset tracing. Acts for high net worth individuals, legal and financial services professionals, corporates and hedge funds and has extensive experience of interlocutory injunctive measures (including Freezing Orders), money laundering and civil forfeiture matters, often involving CIS, African and offshore jurisdictions.

Practice areas

LitigationCivil FraudBanking & FinanceTrusts & SuccessionAsset Tracing & RecoveryRegulatory & ComplianceCross-Border Litigation

Office

Expertise

City fraudFinancial servicesTrusts and succession disputesAsset tracing and recoveryInterlocutory injunctions (Freezing Orders)Money laundering and civil forfeitureMulti-jurisdiction/CIS and African mattersRepresentation of HNW individuals, legal/financial professionals, corporates and hedge funds

Education

  • Sevenoaks School
  • St Anne’s College, Oxford (1988)
  • Law Society Finals (1992) — First Class Honours

Admissions

  • Qualified as a solicitor (1994)
  • Solicitor-Advocate (Higher Courts Criminal and Civil Proceedings)