Victoria Atkins
Senior Associate
Victoria is an experienced litigator who advises both claimants and defendants in high-value and complex cases, providing strategic assistance throughout the dispute resolution process. Victoria has a particular focus on commercial litigation, corporate and shareholder disputes.
Victoria advises a broad range of clients, including high-net-worth and ultra-high-net-worth individuals, private businesses, service providers, financial institutions, private banks and wealth managers, investment funds, charities, shareholders and partners. She has a particular interest in the superyacht and business aviation sectors, assisting clients in navigating industry-specific legal complexities.
Victoria's expertise in commercial litigation has been recognised in the Legal 500 UK 2025 guide, where she is a Leading Associate and Key Lawyer, following her recognition as a Rising Star from 2022 to 2024. Victoria is valued for being commercially minded and thorough, working closely with clients as a trusted advisor to achieve their goals. She is adept at handling significant, personally sensitive or business-critical disputes. Her work includes securing successful outcomes at trial, robustly dissuading potential claimants from issuing proceedings, obtaining injunctive relief, setting aside worldwide freezing orders and negotiating commercial settlements.
Victoria's work often has an international dimension, and she is particularly skilled at coordinating proceedings across multiple jurisdictions. Notably, she acted for an ultra-high-net-worth individual in the defence of a multi-billion claim spanning the English, BVI, Cayman Islands, India and ADGM Courts, successfully challenging jurisdiction and representing the client before the ADGM Court of Appeal.
