Nicki Shepherd

General Counsel's office

Nicki is a partner and the firm's General Counsel and together with her team they assist the firm's Board in defining the firm's risk strategy and in designing, monitoring, training and improving our service standards and procedures, risk reporting, regulatory compliance, internal audit services, client service complaints, ISO 9001 and 27001 accreditation and business continuity/ disaster recovery. Nicki also advises General Counsel and in-house legal teams on their own risk and regulatory compliance obligations.  Nicki's team advises on contractual terms with the firm's suppliers and clients.

Nicki came to the firm from the City where she dealt with a number of international corporate transactions, including mergers and acquisitions, privatisations, joint ventures and off shore funds.