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Nicholas Batten

Senior Associate. Nick joined Collas Crill in 2024. He is an experienced commercial litigator who has acted for a mix of public companies, large private corporations and high net worth individuals in the Federal Court of Australia and State Supreme Courts. Nick has nine years' post-admission experience working as a Senior Associate at Herbert Smith Freehills' litigation team in Melbourne. Prior to that, he worked at the boutique litigation firm Arnold Bloch Liebler and before that at MinterEllison in Australia. Nick has experience acting for both Australian and US subsidiaries of Bayer in relation to alleged carcinogenicity of glyphosate-based products in Federal Court of Australia, as well as acting for a 'Big Four' Australian bank and (separately) ASX100 public. · Collas Crill

Cayman IslandsLitigation, Insolvency & Restructuring

About

Senior Associate at Collas Crill (joined 2024) and an experienced commercial litigator who has acted for public companies, large private corporations and high net worth individuals in the Federal Court of Australia and State Supreme Courts. He has nine years' post-admission experience including as a Senior Associate in Herbert Smith Freehills' Melbourne litigation team and prior roles at Arnold Bloch Liebler and MinterEllison.

Practice areas

LitigationInsolvency & RestructuringCorporate Disputes

Office

Expertise

Product Liability (glyphosate litigation)Pharmaceuticals & AgrochemicalsBanking & Financial InstitutionsPublic CompaniesHigh Net Worth Individuals

Education

  • Bachelor of Laws (Hons), University of Monash
  • Bachelor of Engineering (Civil) (Hons), University of Monash

Admissions

  • Admitted as an Attorney in the Cayman Islands (September 2024)