Nick Axup

Partner at Osborne Clarke (United Kingdom)

Speaker

Nick is a restructuring and insolvency partner with a focus on contentious insolvency, often involving cross-border enforcement and asset recovery. Nick has a particular specialism in complex cross-border receiverships, including acting in litigation involving Proceeds of Crime and acting for court-appointed receivers.

He acts for insolvency practitioners, creditors, debtors and other stakeholders in both corporate and personal insolvency contexts. He also acts on High court and Insolvency Act claims and advises on the use of insolvency powers as part of an asset recovery strategy.

Examples of Nick's contentious insolvency work include acting for:

• Enforcement Receivers appointed pursuant to the Criminal Justice Act on multi-party cross border litigation and asset recovery to enforce the biggest Confiscation Order obtained by the SFO;
• Court-appointed receivers appointed over the assets comprising a professional football club;
• Court-appointed receivers over equitable rights in funds held by an American bank;
• applicants, respondents and third parties to freezing orders, various injunctive relief and disclosure and delivery up applications; and
• various winding up and debt recovery actions in the Insolvency Act and High Court actions.