Nicholas was admitted as a solicitor in 1979. He has worked in the City and overseas including Paris, Riyadh and the Benelux. Most of his career has been in private practice, but he has also worked as an in-house lawyer for a mining company and a bank. He became a partner at William Sturges & Co in 1999.
 
He has experience in the following areas, namely banking, company, commercial and employment law. His work has included advising, assisting with and drafting documentation for:

• the creation and financing of joint ventures, partnerships, companies and limited liability partnerships
• commercial agency, distribution and franchise agreements
• conditions of sale and conditions of purchase and consumer terms of sale
• consumer sales promotions and advertising
• employment contracts, grievance and disciplinary and dismissal procedures, staff manuals and statutory compromise agreements
• know-how, patent, copyright, trade mark and other intellectual property licences and assignments
• loan and guarantee facilities and securities for advances
• the sale and purchase of businesses and of companies
• the reorganisation of companies and groups
• website development agreements, website terms of use, privacy policies and internet terms of sale

The clients he has worked for include banks; brewers; charities; life and fitness coaches; company directors and shareholders; designers; employers and employees; franchisors; hoteliers; internet businesses; mining companies; publishers; property managers; restaurateurs; schools; surveyors; manufacturers, exporters, importers, agents or distributors of automobiles and automobile accessories, coffee makers, electrical goods, foods spices and beverages, paper and stationary.

Nicholas is a fluent French speaker.