Expertise

Natalie’s experience spans commercial litigation and disputes across a wide range of situations and sectors. She has acted for a variety of clients including large companies, financial institutions, high-net-worth individuals and insolvency practitioners.

Natalie’s practice focuses on:

• Commercial and financial disputes and contract claims
• Commercial negligence claims
• Asset recovery
• Judgment enforcement matters

Most of Natalie’s cases have an international dimension. She has worked on disputes involving Europe, the Middle East, Africa, the US and offshore jurisdictions.

Recognition

Natalie is listed as a key lawyer in The Legal 500.

Natalie was the lead associate lawyer acting for liquidators seeking to recover investors’ funds dissipated in the Exential multi-jurisdictional fraud. The case was recognised in Chambers and Partners’ Litigation Support guide in 2023.

Career

Natalie has practised for more than 10 years. Before joining Stewarts, Natalie worked at Slaughter and May advising clients on complex commercial litigation and disputes.

Experience

Natalie’s experience includes:

• Acting for a high-net-worth owner and founder of a global financial services company in High Court litigation relating to a business sale agreement
• Acting for the insolvency administrator of a global manufacturing company in High Court litigation relating to a billion-euro cross-border financial dispute
• Acting for a high-net worth business owner in professional negligence claims against barristers and solicitors
• The Ingenious Litigation, acting for more than 300 investors on negligence and other claims against financial advisers and banks arising from investments in the film industry
• Acting for a financial services company seeking to recover debts secured against US$1 billion+ of securities
• Advising a global energy company on claims (including through arbitration) to recover debts and financial losses from a Middle Eastern state
• Acting for a financial services company seeking to enforce an international court judgment in the UK to recover substantial debts and cryptocurrency
• Defending a client in an enforcement matter involving international court judgments for debts exceeding US$10 million

Personal

Natalie enjoys adventure holidays and going to creative arts and theatre events.

Publications and Media

Natalie has written extensively on commercial litigation and disputes issues. She was a member of the judge-led Disclosure Working Group which drafted the rules for disclosing documents in claims in the UK’s Business and Property Courts.

Recent publications include:

• The practical difficulties of without prejudice privilege in commercial disputes (webinar)
• New Law Journal – Disclosure in commercial claims: best practice, the court’s expectations and what lies ahead

Accreditations and Memberships

Natalie is a Committee Member of the London Solicitors Litigation Association (LSLA) and was previously the President of the Junior LSLA. The LSLA has a 70-year+ history of shaping reform and promoting best practice in commercial litigation.

Natalie is a solicitor advocate with higher rights of audience in civil court proceedings, and holds the Certificate of Proficiency qualification (CPI) in corporate and personal insolvency matters.