A highly skilled commercial lawyer, with over 17 years’ experience spanning both private practice and in-house.
Nicholas commenced his career at Mallesons Stephens Jaques (now King & Wood Mallesons), widely regarded as Australia’s pre-eminent law firm. He spent 7 years at Mallesons, working in both the IT / IP and corporate departments. In 2009 he held the lead senior associate role on the Australian M&A Deal of Year – the merger between Lion Nathan and Kirin by scheme of arrangement.
Moving in-house, he has worked for a range of blue-chip organisations – SUEZ (French multinational), WiseTech Global and Macquarie Telecom.
Nicholas covers a wide range of practices areas:
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General commercial work;
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Contract drafting and negotiation;
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Business sales and acquisitions;
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Business startup – advice on formation and structuring of business vehicles;
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Corporate governance;
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Technology related matters;
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Privacy / data protection;
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Waste industry matters;
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Intellectual property; and
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Dispute resolution.
Prior to a career in law, Nicholas worked as a software engineer, and so will bring a deep level of understanding and knowledge to technology-related matters.
