Litigation

Partner

During the tenure of her career, Natalia has acted as counsel or co-counsel in amongst others, the following cases: -

Advised and acted as counsel for a number of financial institutions in respect of both conventional and Islamic banking claims; Advised and acted as lead counsel for a local university in a substantial number of cases involving breach of scholarship agreements; Advised and acted as co-counsel for a well-known bus operator in a suit it lodged against its’ counter-party in a joint venture agreement. Prior to the trial, an injunction was successfully obtained to prevent the counter-party from disrupting service to hundreds of passengers at a low-cost flight terminal; Advised and acted as lead counsel for a local airlines company in a trial revolving a claim lodged against it by a former service provider; Advised and acted as co-counsel / counsel for a petrol station operator in respect of a nuisance claim lodged against it by neighboring individuals; Advised and acted for an entity in a matter which involved acts of fraud committed against it that in turn led to lands being unlawfully transferred to third parties; Advised and acted as counsel for a dredging company in a matter involving a ship collision resulting in damage to the claimant's property; Advised and acted as counsel for an individual sued by a corporate entity on the basis of amongst others, breach of fiduciary and/or directors' duties. The claim against the said individual was dismissed at the conclusion of trial; Advised and acted as counsel for a communications service provider in a claim lodged against it by an individual for mental distress; Advised and acted as co-counsel for a multinational company in a claim lodged against it by another entity to lift the veil of incorporation vis-a-vis the said multinational; Advised and acted as counsel for a multinational company in a land valuation suit against a local government authority; and Advised and acted as counsel for a trading conglomerate in a suit against its former solicitor for the latter's acts of fraud and financial misappropriation.

LL.B Hons in Second Class (Upper) from Staffordshire University, United Kingdom