Nicholas Cheffings

"Eagle-eyed, supremely smart and incredibly resourceful" (Legal 500) and described as "among the best solicitors in any field that I've come across" (Chambers UK), Nicholas Cheffings is a former partner of Hogan Lovells who served as its global Chair from 2012 to 2018.

Known for his sense of humour which "adds flavour to his pragmatic and commercial approach" (Chambers), Nicholas has a broad skillset. He led the real estate disputes team in London for a number of years and has a stand-out practice as one of the very few UK lawyers with vast experience, and a deep understanding, of the rent review market. He has also been involved in some of the UK's most notable structured sale and leaseback transactions. His work and thought leadership has helped to create the innovative leasehold liability market in the UK. Nicholas also takes a project leadership role on significant real estate transactions and corporate outsourcings. He sits as an arbitrator and as a legal assessor/advisor to surveyor arbitrators, and independent experts. He is an accredited and active mediator of high-value disputes. Nicholas is an honorary member of RICS, one of a small number of lawyers worldwide.

Nicholas is a highly committed champion of diversity, inclusion and equality. He is the Chair of PRIME, a company established to improve access to the legal profession for young people from disadvantaged backgrounds, and of Making the Leap, a London based charity that works to help young people from socio-economically disadvantaged backgrounds to succeed in their chosen career. Nicholas is also is a trustee of ISLP-UK as well as the CareTech Foundation, a Committee member of Real Estate Balance and on the Women in Law London (WILL) Advisory Group. Nicholas was also a member of the Profit-with-Purpose Working Group for the UK National Advisory Board.