Nick Storrs > Taylor Wessing LLP > London, England > Lawyer Profile

Taylor Wessing LLP
5 NEW STREET SQUARE
LONDON
EC4A 3TW
England

Work Department

Arbitration, Commercial Litigation

Position

Nick is a partner specialising in international arbitration and commercial litigation. He regularly represents clients in arbitrations under institutional rules, including under the rules of the LCIA and ICC, and in ad hoc proceedings. Nick also has extensive experience of conducting proceedings before the English High Court including obtaining freezing injunctions and managing enforcement proceedings.

 

Nick represents clients in international disputes across a wide range of industry sectors, including natural resources, aviation and banking and financial services. He regularly advises on shareholder actions, joint venture disputes, disputes arising out of complex financing arrangements, and fraud and asset tracing claims. Many of his cases concern interests held in Eastern Europe and Central Asia (including Russia, Kazakhstan, Ukraine and Georgia) as well as interests held in off-shore jurisdictions such as the BVI and Cayman Islands.

Career

Since 2019        Partner at Taylor Wessing

2013 – 2019       Senior associate at Signature Litigation

2012 – 2013       Associate at Sullivan & Cromwell

2008 – 2012       Trainee/Associate at Jones Day

Languages

English

Dutch

French

Memberships

Chartered Institute of Arbitrators

Education

2010     Admitted as a lawyer in England & Wales

2007     Legal Practice Course

2006     Graduate Diploma in Law

2005     BSc Physics and Astrophysics, Bristol University

Lawyer Rankings

London > Dispute resolution > International arbitration

Taylor Wessing LLP‘s London practice houses experts in arbitrations arising out of the life sciences, fintech, telecoms, and transportation sectors. Andrew Howell is global co-head of international disputes; Karel Daele is Mishcon de Reya LLP‘s former arbitration head; and Nick Storrs is ‘highly commercial and a real fighter‘.

London > Dispute resolution > Banking litigation: investment and retail

The banking litigation practice at Taylor Wessing LLP acts on a wide variety of matters, with expertise in hedge fund and financial institution litigation, cryptocurrency disputes, and insolvency-related disputes. The team is able to rely on the experience of the fraud department of the firm, both domestically and internationally. Andrew Howell and Laurence Lieberman lead the practice, the latter with specific expertise in life sciences and financial services. Richard Viegas and Nick Storrs are also noted.