Chambers notes that Nicholas is “is very diligent and responsive” (2021). Nicholas is also the sole recipient of Lexology's 2019 Client Choice Award (M&A) (Florida), which recognizes law firm partners who provide exceptional client care and provide significant value to clients' businesses above and beyond others in the market.Nicholas was appointed to serve on the U.S.-Colombia Business Council’s Board of Directors. Nicholas was born in Medellin, Colombia, and is fluent in Spanish.Representative transactions include:Advised SpeedETab in its sale to Wix.com, Inc. Advised PGT Innovations, Inc. in its US$108 million acquisition of a 75% ownership stake in Eco Window Systems and its related companies. Represented Chevron Petroleum Company in the sale of its 43% interest relating to upstream natural gas assets in the Chuchupa natural gas field in the Caribbean Sea and Ballena fields in the province of La Guajira, Colombia, to a subsidiary of Ecopetrol S.A.Advised JinkoSolar Holding Co., Ltd with the sale of two Mexican solar photovoltaic plants to White River Renewables. Represented a Central American conglomerate in the acquisition of a significant strategic real estate holding in Honduras. Advised Credicorp Holdings Colombia S.A.S. and Credicorp Capital Fiduciara S.A. with the acquisition of 100% of Ultraserfinco S.A. Comisionista de Bolsa. Advised Hard Rock International with the $745million acquisition of JACK Cincinnati Casino, together with VICI Properties, Inc., and Turfway Park, located in Florence, Kentucky. Advised ENGIE in the US$8.6 billion acquisition and related financing of 90% of Transportadora Associada de Gás SA Petrobras. The acquisition is the largest cash acquisition and privatization in Brazil. The transaction has received the LatinFinance Cross-Border M&A Deal of the Year award and several other awards.