Nabeel is a qualified barrister with over 15 years of experience. He provides counsel to corporations, financial institutions and private clients. His career has spanned the Bar, government agencies, a US headquartered global law firm, and the legal business at a big 4 consultancy. This equips Nabeel with a multi-dimensional perspective on legal risk management and dispute resolution.
As a results-oriented trusted advisor, Nabeel is experienced in strategically managing multi-disciplinary teams. He has worked with C-suite executives, as part of in-house legal teams, and directly for High-Net-Worth private clients. This has often required complex stakeholder management as well as navigating legal challenges across multiple jurisdictions.
Nabeel’s blend of legal, advocacy and consulting expertise enables him to provide commercially pragmatic and focused legal solutions as part of wider project management. Nabeel works with clients across all stages of legal risk management, which includes preventative impact and legal risk assessments, regulatory compliance programmes, ESG and sustainability strategies, corporate investigations and defence, as well as commercial dispute prevention and resolution.
Relevant experience
- Legal Risk and Compliance: Advised businesses and individuals on managing legal challenges, ensuring accountability and transparent regulatory compliance (e.g., requirements connected to anti-money laundering, anti-financial/corporate crime, and human rights in business). This includes group-wide compliance reviews, training, M&A due diligence, post completion remediation, and improving corporate governance controls.
- ESG and Sustainability: Advised on applicability and scope of emerging EU ESG regulations (e.g. CSRD, CSDDD and AI Act), which has involved using technology solutions to assess commercial and legal impact. Supported development of corporate sustainability strategies and reporting frameworks.
- Corporate Investigations and Defence: Led numerous local and multi-jurisdictional corporate investigations (often materially significant in value) for a range of organisations. Remediation strategies have required managing contentious regulatory issues, voluntary disclosures and connected civil issues. Represented individuals and companies facing serious fraud and corporate crime charges (public and private prosecutions).
- Dispute Prevention and Resolution: Management of cross-border commercial disputes from pre-action to enforcement. Focus on protecting businesses and private clients from litigation exposure, which has included dispute avoidance, mitigation, and negotiation strategies.
