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Nick Maday

Senior Counsel

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Nick is a New Zealand qualified senior counsel in the Disputes and Investigations Group. Nick has experience in England in general commercial disputes in both the High Court and LCIA. Nick’s prior experience in New Zealand covered financial services, trust disputes, professional negligence, and white collar crime and fraud. During this time, Nick appeared in the District Court and High Court of New Zealand.

Expertise

Services and Groups

Disputes & investigations
Corporate crime & compliance
Corporate litigation & post-M&A disputes
Banking & finance disputes
International arbitration

Sectors

Technology, media & communications
Cryptoassets, blockchain and distributed ledger technology

CV

Since 2026 Senior Counsel, Taylor Wessing
2022 - 2026 Senior Associate, Taylor Wessing
2018 - 2022 Associate, Taylor Wessing
2015 - 2017 Paralegal, Various law firms, England
2011 - 2015 Solicitor and Senior Solicitor, Minter Ellison Rudd Watts, Auckland, New Zealand
2011 Admitted as a Barrister and Solicitor, High Court of New Zealand
2010 BSc/LLB, Hons, University of Auckland

Career

Since 2026 Senior Counsel, Taylor Wessing
2022 - 2026 Senior Associate, Taylor Wessing
2018 - 2022 Associate, Taylor Wessing
2015 - 2017 Paralegal, Various law firms, England
2011 - 2015 Solicitor and Senior Solicitor, Minter Ellison Rudd Watts, Auckland, New Zealand

Education

2011 Admitted as a Barrister and Solicitor, High Court of New Zealand
2010 BSc/LLB, Hons, University of Auckland

Additional languages

English

Experience

Freezing and seizure of sovereign wealth funds

Acting for Kingdom of Belgium in an investor-state arbitration (ICSID) concerning the freezing and seizure of multi-billion dollars of funds of the Libyan Investment Authority, held at Euroclear.

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A multinational transport company

A multinational transport company on the defence of a senior employee accused of paying bribes to public officials in Hungary to secure transport contracts.

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A venture capital fund

A venture capital fund on the defence of a claim brought by the liquidators of one of the Fund's investments in relation to alleged breach of contract and economic torts including conspiracy.

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An asset management fund

An asset management fund on an arbitration of a contractual dispute between shareholders relating to the alleged use of confidential information.

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