Nicholas is a an international specialist arbitration, construction and engineering lawyer. A solicitor advocate and chartered surveyor, his dual qualifications provide a layer of expertise that adds a practical level to his work. The IBA’s International Who’s Who of Business Lawyers Today, listed Nicholas as one of the “ten most highly regarded individuals internationally for construction law”. Nicholas is included as one of the Global Elite for Construction in Who’s Who Legal: Thought Leaders 2022 as a “titan of the international market” with peers praising him as “an exceptional lawyer and leader, with a large market presence”, and described him as “brilliant in his presentation of cases and very persuasive in his arguments”. He is ranked highly for International Arbitration in Chambers & Partners 2022 with clients quoted as saying; “He goes out of his way to support us, often at very short notice, and provides clear advice and recommendations.”He acts for contractors, employers and governments in a wide range of technically complex construction sectors internationally including; energy, infrastructure, rail and metro, communications, industrial, waste, water, desalination, process plant, oil and gas, and petrochemical. Advising on numerous power projects around the world, he advised in relation to Europe’s largest gas combined cycle power plant, as well as advising on nuclear (new and old), oil, coal, hydro, off shore wind farms, biomass, solar and an innovative ocean current project and data centres. Dispute resolution experience spans litigation, arbitration (ICC, LCIA, DIAC, DIFC, SIAC, ICSID ad-hoc UNCITRAL), adjudication, DAB/DRB/DAAB, mediation, early neutral evaluation and expert determination. He regularly acts as lead mediator in multi-party multi million disputes conducting more than 100 mediations. Nicholas is a FIDIC certified adjudicator and sits on international dispute boards and as arbitrator. Currently he chairs the five member panel of adjudicators for CERN’s expansion programme and is a DAB member at the ITER Fusion for Energy project in France.Nicholas is a Vice President of the ICC’s Arbitration Commission (Past Chairman, Standing Sub-Committee ICC’s International Centre for Expertise 2007-14) and Visiting Professor at King’s College London. He Past President of the DRBF and past Chairman of the Society of Construction Law. He has published widely in the area of construction law and dispute resolution. .