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Nicholas Cheffings

Nicholas Cheffings

Work Department

Real Estate

Position

Senior Counsel

Career

Nicholas Cheffings has previously been the global chair of Hogan Lovells. He maintained his client practice through this period. In addition to his real estate disputes work, for which he is highly regarded, Nicholas has been involved in some of the United Kingdom's most notable structured sale and leaseback transactions. His work and thought leadership helped to create the innovative leasehold liability market in the United Kingdom. Nicholas sits as an arbitrator and also as a legal assessor/advisor to surveyor, arbitrators, and independent experts. He is an accredited mediator of high value disputes.

Nicholas is an honorary member of Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors, one of a small number of lawyers worldwide. He is a diversity champion and executive chair of PRIME, a charitable company established to improve access to the legal profession for young people from disadvantaged backgrounds. Nicholas holds a number of other charitable positions and is also an Independent Member of the Governing Council of the University of Exeter.

Languages

English

Memberships

RICS (Honorary Member)

ARBRIX

Property Litigation Association

Council, University of Exeter

Trustee, ISLP-UK

Trustee, CareTech Charitable Foundation

Executive Chair, PRIME

Trustee , Making the Leap

Education

Qualified 1983; Partner Nabarro 1990; Partner Hogan Lovells 1999.