Nadine Herman
Nadine qualified as a solicitor in South Africa in 2000 and joined the LexisPSL Restructuring & Insolvency team in October 2022 after almost 14 years as a member of Gateley Legal’s complex and international recovery team.
She has experience in all aspects of contentious insolvency and asset recovery work including dealing with high value multi-jurisdictional MTIC fraud claims, tax avoidance schemes, antecedent transactions, misfeasance, wrongful trading and fraudulent trading.
Highlights include:
· Advising liquidators of a football club in relation to various complex priority issues, particularly in relation to the nature of security held by certain creditors and the priority rights claimed by them
· Advising the former administrators and provisional liquidators of a cargo airline company during its provisional liquidation and liquidation periods
· Assisting with investigations on behalf of a foreign government in respect of high value and complex fraud claims arising from the demise of a foreign financial institution
· Obtaining final relief against third parties for payment of significant sums arising from their participation in MTIC frauds
· Advising liquidators in relation to defective tax avoidance schemes
Reported decisions include:
· Association of Chartered Certified Accountants v Koumettou & Morfakis [2012] EWHC 1265 (Ch)
· Re MK Airlines Limited (in liquidation) [2012] EWHC 1018 (Ch)
· Jackson & Another v Alshammari & Others [2020] EWHC 2685 (Ch)