Nupur
Upadhyay

London

20 Air Street
London W1B 5AN
United Kingdom

Education

BCL, University of Oxford, with distinction

B.Com. / LL.B., University of Auckland, with honors

Bar Admissions

England and Wales

New Zealand

Nupur is a Counsel and solicitor advocate in the Litigation Team in Paul, Weiss’ London office. Nupur acts for a range of financial institutions and multinational corporations on complex and high-value disputes (both litigation and arbitration) in a variety of industry sectors.

Nupur has been recognized by The Legal 500 for three consecutive years across both banking litigation and insurance and reinsurance litigation. She was named a “Recommended Lawyer” in 2022 and a “Key Lawyer” in 2023-2024 for Insurance and Reinsurance Litigation. In 2024, Nupur was recognized as a “Key Lawyer” for Banking Litigation: Investment and Retail.

Nupur’s representative experience includes:

  • Acting for various venture capital and investment firms defending an unfair prejudice petition brought under s994 of the Companies Act 2006.
  • Acting for an asset manager and related defendants defending a claim for fraudulent misrepresentation and conspiracy.
  • A large global investment bank in its defence of a claim brought on behalf of numerous claimants against multiple banks in England relating to USD LIBOR.
  • A government department in relation to its (successful) defence of judicial review proceedings.
  • A multinational corporation in relation to damages claims for alleged breaches of foreign competition law.
  • A large technology company defending proceedings for injunctive relief brought by a commercial counterparty alleging abuse of dominance.
  • A transport services provider in defending collective proceedings in the Competition Appeals Tribunal.
  • A major UK insurer in relation to its ability to recover, under a reinsurance contract, sums paid out under business interruption policies, including arbitration proceedings and subsequent appeals under section 69 of the Arbitration Act 1996.
  • A global offshore drilling company in relation to its restructuring process.
  • The UK arm of a US headquartered commercial bank on its financial position following its parent being placed into receivership in the US.
  • A member of the team that conducted the (published) independent review of TSB’s 2018 migration to a new IT platform.
  • Acting for financial institutions in relation to investigations commenced by government bodies and regulatory authorities in the United Kingdom (including the Financial Conduct Authority, the Serious Fraud Office and the Prudential Regulation Authority).