Legal 500 has named a Yorkshire-based KC as one of England and Wales’s leading silks.
Legal 500 Bar Awards 2024
The Legal 500 Bar Awards seek to recognise legal excellence across England and Wales. The awards are determined on merit alone, based on Legal 500’s market-leading independent research, conducted by in-house and freelance researchers with in-depth knowledge of their practice areas. The national Silk of the Year award shortlists 8 nominees from all practice areas.
“I am delighted and honoured to be shortlisted for national Silk of the Year,” said Nick. “I’m so grateful for the support of colleagues and friends over a 30-year practice in which I have been lucky to specialise and travel, while basing my home in Yorkshire.”
Nick’s expertise
Nick provides expert representation for corporates, individuals and specialist agencies in financial crime, associated regulatory work and other serious and organised crime, often with an international dimension.
In 2024 a leading legal directory described him as “a superstar: a superb advocate who meticulously prepares his cases, and has exceptional legal knowledge. He adapts beautifully to any circumstances and always finds the perfect tone.” He is deputy head of crime at Exchange Chambers.
Congratulating Nick, Jonathan I’Anson, chief executive at Exchange Chambers said: “For Nick to be shortlisted in the national Silk of the year category is a truly outstanding achievement.”
Nick’s work beyond Yorkshire
Nick successfully represented a chartered accountant and a senior bank executive in one of the largest money laundering investigations in English legal history. Authorities allege that individuals laundered £266 million in cash through NatWest bank and Dubai gold trades, leading to multiple ongoing prosecutions, including by the FCA.
For over a decade he acted for a former VP Finance in UK, US and Greek investigations into alleged corporate bribery of surgeons worldwide. This included working in foreign jurisdictions alongside local counsel.
He also prosecutes and defends in complex homicide cases. This includes defending the “iceman assassin” Mark Fellows, who shot alleged north-west gangland bosses Paul Massey and John Kinsella, and defending the teenage girl who killed 7-year-old Katie Rough in York.
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