GML Limited is a diversified financial holding company established in 1997 by Mikhail Khodorkovsky and others. In 2005, Mr Khodorkovsky relinquished all his interests in GML and thus in Yukos Oil Company.
GML, through its wholly-owned subsidiaries, Yukos Universal Limited and Hulley Enterprises Limited, was the majority shareholder of the former Yukos Oil Company. In 2005, GML’s shareholding subsidiaries commenced arbitral proceedings against the Russian Federation for the illegal and discriminatory expropriation of their investment in Yukos.
The GML Board consists of the following members:
Michael Cotlick
Mr. Cotlick has been one of the core members of the majority shareholders legal team since 2015. Mr. Cotlick is a private wealth lawyer, admitted to practice in England and in Israel, whose areas of expertise include advising clients in complex commercial disputes, coordinating concurrent and related litigation processes and advising international clients in civil and criminal law cross-border disputes.
Helen Green
Mrs. Green qualified as a Chartered Accountant in 1988 with Saffery in London, becoming a Partner in 1998. In 2000 Mrs. Green relocated to the Guernsey office of Saffery becoming a director of Saffery Trust until her retirement in March 2026. Mrs. Green has acted as a non-executive director and chair of the Audit Committee of various UK listed investment trusts over the last 15 years.
Nicholas Walker
Mr. Walker graduated in 1976 from Christ Church College, Oxford University with a Master’s degree in Jurisprudence. After graduation Mr. Walker worked with various financial institutions in corporate finance and investment management in London, New York and Latin America. Mr Walker has been managing partner of York Investment Partners since 1996.