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A System Under Strain: Why It's Time to Rethink the UK’s Approach to Extradition and International Cooperation
Rebecca Niblock
Her practice focuses on defending clients in high-stakes financial crime matters, including allegations of fraud, bribery, corporate investigations, and regulatory enforcement. She advises individuals and their advisers on asset denial risks and works closely with reputation management colleagues at the intersection of regulatory and reputational risk, ensuring a proactive approach to mitigating exposure across multiple jurisdictions. Given the parallel legal, political, and reputational threats enforcement actions often present, she collaborates with other specialist advisers to provide a comprehensive defence and crisis management strategy.
Rebecca is actively engaged in the legal discourse on cross-border criminal matters, financial crime, and enforcement trends, frequently speaking at international forums and collaborating with leading advisers to HNWIs and family offices.
Rebecca has co-written one of the leading practitioner texts on extradition law, now in its third edition.
Rebecca is ranked as Star Individual in Chambers for Extradition and in also ranked in Chambers High Net Worth. She is also listed as Leading Partner in Legal 500. She is also listed in Who's Who Legal Thought Leaders GIR.
Rebecca has a PhD in History of Art from the University of Bristol.
She has amazing judgement and is very experienced."
Chambers and Partners 2025
Rebecca is wonderful."
Chambers and Partners 2025
She has good knowledge of the law and can provide extremely good advice and real reassurance to clients."
Chambers and Partners 2022
She gets things moving in the right direction on a case and is strategically focused."
Chambers and Partners 2022
Rebecca Niblock is energetic and intelligent.”
Legal 500 UK 2022
She has the ability to focus on strategic issues in complex cases with lots of facets as well as the ability to communicate with and coordinate people in order to move a case forward."
Chambers UK 2021
"A fantastic partner who has great strategic oversight on a case."
Chambers UK 2021
Rebecca Niblock is precise and meticulous."
Legal 500 UK 2021
Rebecca is an excellent solicitor and a real expert in her field. She is incredibly hardworking, extremely organised and able to drill down into the really important parts of a case."
Chambers UK 2020 - A client's guide to the UK Legal Profession
"One of the most prominent lawyers out there practising extradition law."
Chambers UK 2020 - A Client's Guide to the UK Legal Profession
...is an excellent extradition practitioner, who always provides calm and measured advice."
Legal 500 UK 2020
Hugely respected by colleagues, due in large measure to her unerring ability to out-tactician her opponents."
Legal 500, 2019
She is tenacious, hard-working and tactically very astute."
Chambers and Partners 2019
One of the most experienced extradition people," who is "academically very bright, and pragmatic in how she runs cases," and produces "top-tier work."
Chambers and Partners UK, 2018
She knows the law very well and is on top of this fast-moving area," and "she adds value that you wouldn't get from other counsel."
Chambers and Partners UK, 2017
Comes highly recommended for the "specialist knowledge" she brings to her expert extradition practice."
Chambers UK, 2017
She is one of the leading extradition lawyers practising in London. She is academically excellent and able to translate that into advice for her clients."
Chambers UK, A Client's Guide to the UK Legal Profession, 2016
Associate Rebecca Niblock is praised as "extremely knowledgeable, hard-working and thorough."
Chambers UK, A Client's Guide to the UK Legal Profession
Rebecca Niblock is highly regarded within the fields of general crime and extradition. Sources note that "she is an urbane and thoughtful lawyer with an impressive intellect."
Chambers UK, A Client's Guide to the UK Legal Profession
"She stands out as being 'exceptionally bright' and 'fearless'."
Chambers UK, A Client's Guide to the UK Legal Profession
Public Service Europe 9 July 2013: Making political capital at the expense of the rule of law is a dangerous game, which the British government should avoid at all costs, argues Rebecca.
Rebecca Niblock
Will Hayes
Rebecca Niblock
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