Nicolas is a lawyer, a partner in a large law firm based in Nicosia. He is a member of the Cyprus Bar Association and the Kyrenia Bar Association. He obtained a Law Degree (LLB) in 2008 and a master’s degree (LLM) in International Law with Distinction in 2009 from the University of Surrey in the United Kingdom. He graduated from the Bar Vocational Course at the College of Law of England and Wales (London Bloomsbury) and was named Barrister-at-Law by the Honorable Society of the Middle Temple in 2010. Until 2013, he has been working as a collaborator of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic in the Permanent Representation of the Republic of Cyprus in the EU in Brussels, where he was responsible for the relations of the Republic of Cyprus with the European Parliament. He deals with commercial, corporate and construction law as well as contract law, competition law and represents parties in court and arbitration proceedings. He is a member of the Committee of the Kyrenia Bar Association, the Arbitration and Mediation Committee and the Committee on International and European Law of the Cyprus Bar Association, the International Bar Association, the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators in London and is a member of the Commonwealth Investment Council.