Annabelle Nelsson

Commercial Litigation 

• A major bank in its defence of a multi-party billion-dollar fraud dispute in the Commercial Court (listed as one of The Lawyer’s Top 20 cases in 2020 and 2025). 
• A large bank in relation to insurance claims arising from the collapse of Greensill Capital.
• Individuals in a High Court fraud claim relating to the theft of Bitcoin.
• Shakoor Capital Limited in English High Court proceedings relating to the interpretation of complex finance documents used across the capital markets following its Loan Participation Notes being purportedly bailed-in.
• Funds managed by Franklin Templeton in successfully challenging the restructuring of the International Bank of Azerbaijan before the English High Court and Court of Appeal.
• An investment company in relation to its claim for breach of a shareholders’ agreement and its defence to an Unfair Prejudice Petition in the Chancery Division.
• A Cypriot lender in its High Court claim for specific performance of a €10 million loan agreement.
• Generali Investments in respect of its claim for breach of contract against Sapinda for over €25 million and the Worldwide Freezing Injunction granted by the Commercial Court.
• An investment manager in relation to its defence of a High Court claim.
• Clients in relation to multi-jurisdictional defamation and malicious falsehood claims.

Arbitration 

• Nine claimants in a large multi-jurisdictional SCC arbitration involving twenty fraud claims and two counterclaims. 
• Note Trustee and group of noteholders in two linked LCIA claims relating to the enforcement of the terms of US$375 million of Loan Participation Notes issued to finance PrivatBank, a major Ukrainian Bank.
• A Healthcare M&A strategic and financial consultant in an LCIA arbitration relating to the performance of its contract with a life sciences and analytics company.
• A BVI company in a LCIA arbitration relating to the breach of a Facility Agreement. 
• Clients in relation to a partnership dispute between major debt fund partners.

Regulatory and Investigations

• The founder of a large Middle East private equity firm in relation to the firm’s provisional liquidators’ investigation into fund mismanagement and fraud.
• FCA regulated individuals in relation to disputes with Compliance Officer and FCA interviews.
• A client in relation to Lord Dyson’s investigation into the 1995 Panorama interview with the Princess of Wales.
• Clients in relation to the preparation of Suspicious Activity Reports to the NCA.

• Top 20 cases “associates to know” – The Lawyer, 2025
• ‘Key Lawyer’ in Banking Litigation category – Legal 500 UK, 2024

• English Court breaks new ground in crypto fraud case – Lexology (December 2022)
• The English court permits service of proceedings by NFT – Lexology (August 2022)
• Bitcoin fraud: the English Court grants extensive interim remedies to protect investors – Lexology (March 2022)
• Smart Thinking: English Law Can Accommodate Smart Contracts, But Legal Uncertainties Remain – Lexology (January 2022)
• English High Court rules on claimants’ ability to pursue proceedings in England where there is an alternative forum – Lexology (April 2021)
• Supreme Court confirms UK parent company liability for acts or omissions of a foreign subsidiary: considerations for due diligence, restructurings and compliance – Lexology (March 2021)
• Inducement in Fraudulent Misrepresentation Cases – Lexology (August 2018)
• UK Supreme Court Clarifies the Effectiveness of ‘No Oral Modification’ Clauses – Lexology (May 2018)
• Damages for Late Payment of Insurance Claims - Enterprise Act 2016 – Lexology (April 2017)

• Freedom Now - drafting reports to the UN Working Group on the Arbitrary Detention for the release of prisoners of conscience.
• Human Dignity Trust - drafting reports on the admissibility of cases before the UN Human Rights Committee for the Human Dignity Trust in conjunction with reports on the decriminalisation of homosexuality in certain African countries.
• Kids in Need of Defence UK – assisting children and young people to obtain British citizenship.
• Employment Support Allowance and Personal Independence Payment appeals – drafting submissions and representing clients at their ESA/PIP appeal hearings.
• County Court claims – defending clients in county court proceedings.