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Founded in 2012, Signature Litigation has grown into one of London’s pre-eminent specialist dispute resolution practices. From the outset, we set out to do things differently: a conflict-free, disputes-only platform designed to give clients the undivided focus and strategic agility that complex, high-stakes matters demand.

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Gibraltar

Established in 2017, Signature Litigation's Gibraltar office was founded to address growing demand for specialist expertise in commercial litigation and private wealth disputes on the Rock.

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Paris

Signature Litigation AARPI houses one of France’s most enviable product liability practices, with the team also handling commercial and corporate litigation, insurance and reinsurance, toxic tort and ESG, civil fraud and asset tracing, international arbitration, administrative and public law.

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Frankfurt

Frankfurt has emerged as one of Europe's foremost financial and commercial centres and, increasingly, as a bridge between European and Asian markets. With that growth comes an increasing demand for sophisticated dispute resolution. Signature Litigation established its Frankfurt office to meet this need, bringing our conflict-free, disputes-only platform to the German market.

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Nikara Rangesh

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The quality of their service has always been exceptional. The team excels at developing and coordinating litigation strategies that are not only thorough but also realistic and perfectly aligned with clients’ expectations. 

– The Legal 500 EMEA 2026

The team is excellent, always ready to meet our needs and anticipate risks and expectations.

– The Legal 500 EMEA 2026
Very good advice, to the point and with attention to detail. 
– The Legal 500 EMEA 2026

Nikara is an Associate in Signature Litigation’s London office specialising in investigations and white collar crime. Her experience lies in civil fraud, commercial litigation and complex regulatory matters.

Nikara has acted for major corporates, high net-worth individuals, and government bodies, advising clients on sensitive and high stakes investigations including whistleblower allegations of historical misconduct and regulatory investigations and complaint processes.

Nikara also has experience representing clients in civil fraud proceedings, negligence, and breach of duty claims in the Australian superior courts, as well as acting for clients in claims against public authorities and in contentious matters involving financial services issues and the conduct of internal integrity functions. Nikara has also advised high-net-worth clients on tax and foreign investment compliance, and supported a large financial services group claim.

Prior to joining Signature Litigation, Nikara was a lawyer at Australian law firm Clayton Utz, and a Locum Associate at Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer.

Nikara was admitted to practice in the Supreme Court of Queensland in 2021, and the High Court of Australia in 2022.

Investigations and Regulatory Compliance

  • Representing a large global corporation in an investigation into whistleblower reports alleging historical misconduct.
  • Advising an Australian government entity on an anonymous complaint alleging corrupt conduct in respect of its integrity processes, made to the state crime and corruption commission.
  • Advising an Australian local government council in respect of its response to a notice to produce information about its waste disposal practices issued to it by a State environmental authority.
  • Representing a high-net-worth foreign national to respond to an investigation by the Foreign Investment Review Board in Australia of their numerous commercial property developments.

Fraud

  • Representing a high net-worth client in an investigation and follow-on proceedings in Australia against multiple defendants including a national revenue collection body in relation to an AUD 80m civil fraud claim.

Commercial Litigation

  • Supporting an extensive disclosure exercise for a large-scale group claim in the financial services sector which involved foreign law issues.
  • Representing a property developer in Australian court proceedings regarding the termination of two commercial property contracts valued at AUD 18m.
  • Representing a State regulator to defend a AUD 3.1m claim alleging that it had breached statutory and common law duties owed to the plaintiffs by failing to exercise its powers to ensure that a now-liquidated financial entity maintained professional indemnity insurance that would respond to the plaintiff’s earlier claim.

Tax

  • Advising and preparing evidence in Australian proceedings brought by two related mining companies to challenge capital gains tax valued at AUD 130m.
  • Representing a high net-worth client under audit by the national revenue collection agency and advising on tax and regulatory reporting obligations.

Article: What does the FRC’s overhauled investigation process mean for firms? – Business & Accountancy Daily – 10 August 2026

Article: FRC Audit Enforcement reforms: New pressure points for audited entities – Insolvency Insider – 23 July 2026

Article: Debanking under scrutiny – Financial Regulation International – 30 June 2026

Article: Debanking under scrutiny: Yasin Al-Yasin v Starling and the 2026 regulation reforms – Thomson Reuters Regulatory Intelligence – 17 June 2026

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