Nick Axup > Stephenson Harwood > London, England > Lawyer Profile
Stephenson Harwood Offices
1 FINSBURY CIRCUS
LONDON
EC2M 7SH
England
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Nick Axup
Work Department
Commercial litigation
Position
Nick specialises in the department’s key sectors of restructuring and insolvency; fraud and asset recovery; and financial litigation. He regularly acts on cross-border litigation and has experience of other jurisdictions such as Jersey, the Isle of Man, BVI, Cyprus and Singapore. He has recent experience of many interlocutory applications including freezing orders, receivership orders, disclosure and delivery up orders, and security for costs. He represents clients in the High Court, in arbitration and at mediation.
His insolvency work is focused on contentious matters including Insolvency Act applications and full-bore litigation often involving fraud and asset recovery. He acts for insolvency practitioners, creditors, debtors and other stakeholders in both corporate and personal insolvency contexts.
Nick has significant fraud and asset recovery experience. He has acted for and advised applicants, defendants and third parties in relation to freezing orders, various injunctive relief and disclosure and delivery up applications. He is currently acting in a multi-party, multi-jurisdiction dispute for enforcement receivers appointed to recover assets to meet a high value Confiscation Order obtained by the Serious Fraud Office arising from a significant fraud.
Nick has also acted in commercial litigation matters relating to structured products, shareholder disputes, professional negligence, and high-value trusts for companies, banks and high net worth individuals.
Lawyer Rankings
London > TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Sport
Insolvencies in the worlds of football and motorsports are key focus areas Stephenson Harwood‘s cross-disciplinary sports law offering. Team head Ben Sigler – a commercial litigation specialist – advises clients on alleged breaches of sponsorship agreements, copyright infringement issues and impropriety claims in relation to event bids. Insolvency and dispute resolution expert Julian Cahn is a key contact for trustees of athletes, while Don Brown and Nick Axup are noted for their respective focus on finance and restructuring matters, especially in football and cricket.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Private client > Art and cultural property
- Dispute resolution > Commodities disputes
- Corporate and commercial > Equity capital markets – small-mid cap
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Fraud: civil
- Investment fund formation and management > Listed funds
- Dispute resolution > Tax litigation and investigations
- Employment > Pensions: dispute resolution
- Private client > Personal tax, trusts and probate
- Transport > Rail
Firm Rankings
- Transport > Aviation
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: premium
- Private client > Contentious trusts and probate
- Corporate and commercial > Financial services: contentious
- Dispute resolution > Group litigation: Claimant
- Employment > Pensions (non-contentious)
- Insurance > Professional negligence
- Transport > Shipping
- Finance > Trade finance
- Finance > Transport finance and leasing
- Dispute resolution > Banking litigation: investment and retail
- Corporate and commercial > Commercial contracts
- Employment > Employers
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Intellectual property: patents (contentious and non-contentious)
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Intellectual property: trade marks, copyright and design
- Industry focus > Life sciences and healthcare
- Corporate and commercial > M&A: Lower Mid-Market Deals, £100m-£750m
- Corporate and commercial > Private equity: transactions - mid-market deals (up to £250m)
- Real estate > Property litigation
- Dispute resolution > Public international law
- Risk advisory > Regulatory investigations and corporate crime (advice to corporates)
- Employment > Senior executives
- Corporate and commercial > VAT and indirect tax
- Real estate > Commercial property: investment
- Real estate > Construction: contentious
- Corporate and commercial > Corporate tax
- Risk advisory > Data protection, privacy and cybersecurity
- Employment > Employee share schemes
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Fraud: white-collar crime (advice to individuals)
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Infrastructure: Project finance and development
- Insurance > Insurance and reinsurance litigation
- Dispute resolution > International arbitration
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > IT and telecoms
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Oil and gas
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Power (including electricity, nuclear and renewables)
- Real estate > Property finance
- Investment fund formation and management > Real estate funds
- Public sector > Administrative and public law
- Real estate > Commercial property: development
- Real estate > Construction: non-contentious
- Finance > Corporate restructuring & insolvency
- Insurance > Insurance: corporate and regulatory
- Investment fund formation and management > Private funds
- Finance > Bank lending: investment grade debt and syndicated loans
- Corporate and commercial > EU and competition
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Sport
- Dispute resolution > Tax litigation and investigations
- Real estate > Commercial property: corporate occupiers