Areas of Expertise: torts, civil liability, competition, real estate, securities, public procurement, public law, construction disputes, international transactions, international commercial arbitration, cross-border disputes, trademarks, corporate & business law, commercial contracts, energy, mergers & acquisitions, investments, investment arbitration, private law, European law, conflict of laws, consumer disputes, capital market, joint ventures, minerals & metals, environmental law, oil & gas, intellectual property, civil procedure, data protection, bankruptcy, contracts, public-private partnerships, tourism, banking disputes, financial services, stock market disputes.

Arbitration experience: He has represented domestic and foreign clients in the negotiation of business transactions in his areas of expertise. He has also been handling arbitration cases, under the ICC and the UNCITRAL Arbitration Rules as well as international arbitration proceedings involving investor-state disputes (BIT disputes). Nicholas has been listed in Chambers Europe and Chambers Global as an expert in Dispute Resolution.

Languages: Greek, English, French

Education: Degree in Law (Bachelor) from University of Athens Faculty of Law, LL.M. from Berkeley Law School with focus on Banking and Financial Law.

Professional Career: Nicholas was admitted to the Athens Bar Association in 1986. He holds the position of General Counsel to the Hellenic Deposit and Investment Guarantee Fund (HDIGF/TEKE) since 1997. He is the Secretary of the Hellenic Association of Financial Law and a member of the Hellenic Association of Commercial Law. Nicholas has been a member of Legislative Committees for the reform of legislation on deposit insurance and resolution of credit institutions.

He has published papers and articles in various legal journals in the fields of civil substantive and procedural law, commercial law, capital markets law, as well as banking and deposit guarantee law.