Oliver Humphrey > Hogan Lovells International LLP > London, England > Lawyer Profile

Hogan Lovells International LLP
ATLANTIC HOUSE
HOLBORN VIADUCT
LONDON
EC1A 2FG
England

Work Department

Litigation, Arbitration, and Employment

Position

Counsel

Career

Oliver Humphrey is widely recognized for solving complex and high profile commercial disputes, with a focus on fraud, asset tracing, and contentious insolvency. His cases often span multiple jurisdictions and involve extensive cross-border coordination.

Oliver’s clients include financial institutions, large corporations, insolvency professionals, and high net worth individuals, across a range of business sectors, including financial services, energy, and consumer retail. He regularly advises office holders, banks, and security trustees in relation to distressed and insolvent businesses, and has acted on numerous matters involving default and enforcement scenarios. He also has significant experience of obtaining worldwide freezing injunctions and other asset preservation relief.

Oliver has extensive trial experience, and his experience of working in-house at Lloyds Banking Group helps him to deliver advice that avoids legal jargon and focuses on his clients’ real-world needs.

Languages

French, Spanish

Memberships

Commercial Fraud Lawyers Association

Education

L.P.C., BPP University Law School, 2008

Graduate Diploma in Law, Nottingham Trent University, 2007

B.A. Modern and Medieval Languages, University of Cambridge, 2006

Lawyer Rankings

London > Crime, fraud and licensing > Fraud: civil

Hogan Lovells International LLP is a ‘leading civil fraud firm with unrivalled experience in succeeding on bringing claims for recoveries on complex frauds‘. The practice ‘has a strong and experienced team dealing with all aspects of civil fraud‘ as well as particular strength in matters pertaining to the banking sector or CIS jurisdictions, including Ukraine, as well as Libya and Cyprus, among others. Crispin Rapinet has particular experience with cases involving the Middle East and Asia, whereas ractice head Michael Roberts is ‘a superb litigator‘ and has secured prominent victories in matters involving freezing orders, cross-border insolvency and international asset-tracing. An ‘exceptionally able lawyer‘, Liam Nadoo specialises in proceedings involving fraud, bribery, corruption, and human rights, and Chris Hardman is a specialist for proceedings in the banking sector. Rebecca Wales is a further key member of the team, as is ‘very clever litigatorOliver Humphrey.