Founder and Managing Partner of the London and New York offices of Pallas, Natasha focuses on complex commercial litigation disputes in the English Courts, internationally and through arbitration. She is the go-to counsel for some of the most important global corporates and her experience lies in high profile, high-value cases for hedge funds, private equity funds, investment banks, corporations and governments.
With a portfolio encompassing high-stakes business disputes, including distressed and sovereign debt investments, special situations, emerging markets, complex finance arrangements and restructurings, she has a reputation as being one of the leading litigators of the most important investor disputes of the last decade.
Top-ranked in Chambers and Partners and Legal 500 for Commercial Litigation and Banking Litigation, Natasha was also listed by Financial News as one of the 50 Most Influential Lawyers and one of the 100 Most Influential Women in European Finance for the fourth year. She has been selected as one of the world’s leading Commercial Litigation practitioners in Who’s Who Legal: Thought Leaders Global Elite 2024 report.
Described as a “tour de force”, “a powerhouse”, “one of a kind”, “truly brilliant” and “a first rate litigator” who clients “adore”, Natasha is resourceful and creative; her experience across the board providing strategic litigation advice on an international level is second to none. With winning results across high-stakes international litigation and arbitration, and particular experience in complex financial disputes, special situations and contentious restructurings, clients describe her as being “in the top drawer of litigators in the City”, a “leading light for hedge fund and other high value litigation”, “a tough litigator and a great leader who provides client focused advice” and as “absolutely the person you want in a fight.” She is further described by clients as “phenomenal, with a very good, sophisticated and analytical mind”, “standing head and shoulders above the competition”, “hard to beat” and “formidable”.
Awarded the HERoes Woman Role Model title for the fifth year running in 2023, Natasha is pioneering the way for gender diversity in the workplace, having placed ESG at the foundations of the firm.
