Nicola Phillips
Overview
Nicola Phillips guides her clients in all areas of commercial litigation. From providing crisis management and legal advice to clients facing cyberattacks to pursuing injunctive relief for victims of fraud, Nicola’s practice has a strong focus on urgent and critical support.
Career & Education
- University of Kent, LL.B., Honors, 2000
- University of Warwick, LL.M., 2002
- College of Law, London, LPC, 2003
- England and Wales
Nicola's Insights
Client Alert | 3 min read | 06.09.25
UK Strategic Defence Review 2025: Implications for Defence Contractors
The UK’s 2025 Strategic Defence Review (SDR)[1] marks a significant shift in national defence policy, emphasising enhanced military readiness and domestic industrial growth. This comprehensive plan is poised to reshape the landscape for defence contractors across the country. This follows the enactment of the UK’s new Procurement Act 2023, which took effect on 24 February 2025, also impacting defence contractors. More information on this can be found in our alert: What Defence Contractors Need To Know About the New UK Procurement Act.
Client Alert | 3 min read | 06.04.25
English Court of Appeal Clarifies Law Regarding Negligent Valuations
Client Alert | 4 min read | 05.22.25
Opportunities for Procurement on the Horizon as UK Concludes Free Trade Agreement With India
Representative Matters
- Led an aviation client’s multibillion-pound high court contractual damages claim on an expedited timetable, successfully pursuing numerous interim applications; preparing pleadings, witness evidence, and expert evidence; and guiding the client on strategy and commercial settlement.
- Advised a global payroll services provider following a cyberattack that disabled its systems, resulting in potential disruption to its payroll services. Nicola managed the Information Commissioner’s Office’s report and investigation, assisted the client with resuming business operations, and dealt with contractual claims both for and against the client.
- Successfully pursued a manufacturer for the premature failure of parts supplied in a claim for breach of contract, obtaining a finding fully in our client’s favor and awarding our client all of the £11,243,026 claimed plus an indemnity for future losses.
- Pursuing cross-border constructive trust and unjust enrichment claims for a finance client in respect of a series of frauds perpetrated against it to the value of $20 million.
- Securing funds in excess of $26 million by way of third-party debt orders to enforce an international arbitration award against a nation-state. This followed after having won on the merits in this international commercial arbitration on a breach of contract claim.
Nicola's Insights
Client Alert | 3 min read | 06.09.25
UK Strategic Defence Review 2025: Implications for Defence Contractors
The UK’s 2025 Strategic Defence Review (SDR)[1] marks a significant shift in national defence policy, emphasising enhanced military readiness and domestic industrial growth. This comprehensive plan is poised to reshape the landscape for defence contractors across the country. This follows the enactment of the UK’s new Procurement Act 2023, which took effect on 24 February 2025, also impacting defence contractors. More information on this can be found in our alert: What Defence Contractors Need To Know About the New UK Procurement Act.
Client Alert | 3 min read | 06.04.25
English Court of Appeal Clarifies Law Regarding Negligent Valuations
Client Alert | 4 min read | 05.22.25
Opportunities for Procurement on the Horizon as UK Concludes Free Trade Agreement With India
Insights
Russian Oligarch Used Illicit Finance Methods, And His Son, To Hide Wealth From Wife
|08.09.21
Money Laundering
New UK Sanctions Reporting Duties for Insolvency Practitioners and Other Professionals
|06.05.25
Crowell & Moring’s International Trade Law
New UK Sanctions on Russia Targeting Technology, Software and Additional Strategic Goods
|05.02.25
Crowell & Moring’s International Trade Law
Firms at Risk of Monetary Penalty for Breaches of UK Financial Sanctions Imposed on Russia
|03.31.25
Crowell & Moring’s International Trade Law
Authors:
UK’s OTSI Publishes New Russia Evasion and Diversion Guidance
|01.13.25
Crowell & Moring’s International Trade Law
OFSI Granted Greater Sanctions Monitoring and Enforcement Powers
|11.25.24
Crowell & Moring’s International Trade Law
Practices
- International Dispute Resolution
- International Litigation
- Litigation and Trial
- Anti-Money Laundering (AML)
- Economic Sanctions
- Infrastructure
- International Dispute Resolution — London Practice
- International Litigation — London Practice
- Financial Services
- Financial Services Litigation and Disputes
- Financial Services Regulatory and Enforcement
- Investigations
Industries
Nicola's Insights
Client Alert | 3 min read | 06.09.25
UK Strategic Defence Review 2025: Implications for Defence Contractors
The UK’s 2025 Strategic Defence Review (SDR)[1] marks a significant shift in national defence policy, emphasising enhanced military readiness and domestic industrial growth. This comprehensive plan is poised to reshape the landscape for defence contractors across the country. This follows the enactment of the UK’s new Procurement Act 2023, which took effect on 24 February 2025, also impacting defence contractors. More information on this can be found in our alert: What Defence Contractors Need To Know About the New UK Procurement Act.
Client Alert | 3 min read | 06.04.25
English Court of Appeal Clarifies Law Regarding Negligent Valuations
Client Alert | 4 min read | 05.22.25
Opportunities for Procurement on the Horizon as UK Concludes Free Trade Agreement With India
