Charles Russell Speechlys has added Nicola Jackson as a partner in the firm’s Corporate Restructuring and Insolvency (CRI) team in Dubai. Jackson was previously co-lead of Clyde & Co’s Insolvency & Restructuring-Related Disputes and Contentious Advisory Practice in the Middle East. She has over 15 years on the ground experience in the Middle East, and is considered one of the most prominent and experienced CRI litigators in the region. She advises her client base of creditors, debtors and insolvency practitioners on a wide range of insolvency-related disputes in the UAE and beyond, on both pre-formal insolvency process strategies and strategies for dealing with disputes within formal insolvency processes. Jackson specialises in commercial and financial disputes before the Dubai International Finance Centre and Abu Dhabi Global Market Courts, and has acted on several high profile and/or seminal cases in this regard, including Credit Suisse v Goel, a seminal case which developed the line of jurisprudence relating to jurisdiction challenges in the DIFC Courts. In addition, she has experience acting for both local and international clients on commercial disputes before arbitration tribunals across multiple jurisdictions and under various institutional rules.
