Nicholas is a highly experienced multi-jurisdictional lawyer, commercial arbitrator, and FIDIC-certified Adjudicator and Mediator with over twenty-seven years’ expertise in resolving disputes related to energy and infrastructure projects worldwide. He has an extensive practice across the Asia Pacific, Middle East, Africa, the Indian subcontinent, and Europe, including the UK. His work spans a variety of sectors, such as oil and gas, energy, transportation, and mining.

Nicholas acts both as counsel for clients and as an independent arbitrator, adjudicator, or mediator. He is committed to the fair and efficient resolution of commercial disputes, particularly those arising from complex engineering and infrastructure projects. He is a writer and regular contributor to legal publications in construction law and international commercial arbitration; he also serves as a visiting practitioner at King’s College London.

He maintains strong professional relationships with numerous arbitral institutions, including the LCIA, ICC Court of International Arbitration (Secretariats in Paris, Singapore, and Hong Kong), Singapore International Arbitration Centre, Japan Commercial Arbitration Association, and Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre, where he is empanelled as an arbitrator. Nicholas is also a member of the ICC Arbitration and Alternative Dispute Resolution National Committee for the United Kingdom.