Nicholas Batten
Senior Associate | Cayman
Nick joined Collas Crill in 2024. He is an experienced commercial litigator who has acted for a mix of public companies, large private corporations and high net worth individuals in the Federal Court of Australia and State Supreme Courts. He was admitted as an Attorney in the Cayman Islands in September 2024.
Experience
Nick has nine years' post-admission experience working as a Senior Associate at Herbert Smith Freehills' litigation team in Melbourne. Prior to that, he worked at the boutique litigation firm Arnold Bloch Liebler and before that at MinterEllison in Australia.
Nick has experience acting for both Australian and US subsidiaries of Bayer in relation to alleged carcinogenicity of glyphosate-based products in Federal Court of Australia, as well as acting for a 'Big Four' Australian bank and (separately) ASX100 public.
Background
Nick has a Bachelor of Laws (Hons) and Bachelor of Engineering (Civil) (Hons) from the University of Monash. He has also worked as an Associate to a Judge of the Supreme Court of Victoria (Quigley J).
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