Law Middle East profiles Nicola Jackson, Corporate Restructuring and Insolvency Partner based in our Dubai office
min readNicola Jackson, Corporate Restructuring and Insolvency Partner, has been featured in the 'Dubai Partners Discuss' segment of the May edition of Law Middle East, alongside Michael Kortbawi of BSA Law and Natasha Zahid of Taylor Wessing.
In this interview, Nicola shares insights on her most memorable deals, navigating office politics, and offers advice for those seeking a career in law.
See a segment of the piece below:
Q- What are some of the most scandalous or stand-out deals or cases you have worked on, involving elements that are uncommon related to the local culture?
I was part of the external administration team on The International Banking Corporation (TIBC) in Bahrain, which (along with AWAL Bank) was the first bank to be put into a formal administration process there. I was heavily involved in the technical and practical aspects at inception. Later, I was a senior member of the team that ran the litigation emanating from the administration and reported to creditors. It is quite unique for a lawyer to be on the inside of an administration, and therefore a particularly rare opportunity which gave me hands-on experience of not only how to frame claims made for and on behalf of the bank, but also how to effectively report to and manage the
needs of creditors. I also led a seminal jurisdiction challenge case in 2020, which was the first of its kind and made law in the Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC) Court of Appeal by developing the established line of jurisprudence to extend the ‘opt in’ provisions of the Judicial Authority Law. I have subsequently led cases in which the DIFC Courts have followed the precedent that my 2020 case established.
Read the full piece in Law Middle East here.
