Nabeel Osman is a UK-qualified barrister with over 15 years’ experience advising corporates and private clients on legal risk, commercial disputes, economic crime, and regulatory investigations.
Having practised at the Bar, a global US law firm, government agencies, and within a Big Four consultancy, Nabeel combines legal expertise with strategic advisory insight and commercial judgement.
Focus Areas
- Legal Risk Advisory: Supporting boards, senior leadership, and private clients to assess, manage and mitigate legal risk across jurisdictions. This includes ESG-related obligations, governance frameworks, and emerging regulatory challenges.
- Compliance, Investigations & Defence: Leading financial crime compliance reviews (often focused on establishing ‘reasonable prevention procedures’) and advising on supply-chain and third-party risk. Managing internal and regulatory investigations involving fraud, tax evasion, whistleblowing, and associated civil or criminal proceedings – including multi-jurisdictional defence strategies.
- Commercial Dispute Prevention and Resolution: Managing complex, often cross-border, commercial disputes from pre-action through to enforcement. Emphasis on crisis response, litigation exposure mitigation, and the development of resolution frameworks and negotiation strategies.
- Strategic Litigation Counsel: Advising on litigation risk mapping, funding options, and asset protection – particularly in high-value disputes where legal, financial and reputational interests intersect.
Nabeel is increasingly sought out as a trusted advisor for situations that require discretion, speed and strategic thinking to prevent, defend and resolve legal risks.
