Nicholas is a partner in Herbert Smith's corporate division and is head of the firm's projects practice. His practice comprises all forms of projects work with particular emphasis on asset and project finance and Private Finance Initiative (PFI) and public private partnership (PPP) projects. He was seconded to the Private Finance Panel Executive for a period of 15 months where he was responsible for PFI projects in Scotland, Northern Ireland and the Ministry of Defence. He is the co-author of The PFI Handbook (Jordans), a leading text on PFI.
Credentials
- HM Treasury and Partnerships UK in connection with the establishment of the latter
- the Ministry of Defence on the redevelopment of its headquarters (Main Building) in Whitehall on a PFI basis
- The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi on its debt financing of the
HM Customs & Excise IT project, the first externally financed PFI IT transaction
- Bromley Hospitals NHS Trust on a new acute general hospital at Farnborough Common Kent, provided on a PFI basis
- London Underground Limited on its PFI and PPP contracts
- Transport for London on the upgrade and extension of the East London Line, a key transport think for the 2012 Olympics
- Transport for London and London Underground Limited on the PP administraion of the two Metronet Tube PPP companies and the subsequent acquisition of part of their respective undertakings from the PPP administrators