Corporate and capital markets specialist, focussing on real estate investment trusts and business trusts, debt capital markets, structure products and regulatory work. Nicholas has advised on various and award-winning multi-jurisdictional (cross-border) REIT initial public offerings, rights issues, M&A transactions and fund raisings.

• Acted for Perpetual (Asia) Limited, as REIT trustee, in the initial public offering of Cromwell European REIT raising gross proceeds of approximately EUR865.7million.
• Acted for Centurion Corporation Limited in the update of its S$500million multicurrency medium term note programme to a S$750million multicurrency debt issuance programme.
• Acted for DBS Trustee Limited, in its capacity as trustee of OUE Commercial REIT, in the acquisition of 67.95% of indirect effective interest in One Raffles Place for a purchase consideration of S$1.128billion.
• Acted for Surbana Jurong Private Limited in relation to the subscription by its wholly-owned subsidiary of S$300 million in aggregate principal amount of fixed rate bonds due 2029 and 300million detachable warrants issued by Changi Airports International Pte. Ltd.

• Capital markets: Debt
• Capital markets: Equity
• Private equity

• Banking
• Construction and materials
• Financial services

• England and Wales
• Malaysia
• Singapore

• Law Society of Singapore
• Singapore Academy of Law

• LLB (Hons), National University of Singapore, (1991)