Director, Counsel
1 Coleman Street The Adelphi #05-03
Singapore 179803
+65 6233 3736
Notable Practitioner
English
Mandarin
Hokkien
Dispute resolution
Since the start of his career, Nichol has been involved in complex and high-profile cases. Recognised twice as a leading 40-under-40 lawyer in the region (LexisNexis, 2023 and Asian Legal Business, 2024), Nichol has received many awards and accolades for his litigation work (Benchmark Litigation 2025, AsiaLaw 2025, Straits Times Best Law Firms Top 20 Lawyers, 2024). Described as “sharp and attentive” (Legal 500, 2018 ed), Nichol has earned the trust and confidence of many clients. He is an effective and confident communicator, both in Court and with his clients.
Nichol is regularly briefed to take on urgent and critical work. He has built a reputation as a good litigator with clients and fellow lawyers. His clients have praised his solutions as pragmatic and commercially sensible.
Nichol is regularly engaged by publicly listed companies, MNCs, SMEs, investment funds, directors, and HNWIs. His practice is focused on company and shareholder disputes, urgent injunctive relief, crisis litigation, disputes involving trusts law, hostile takeovers and disputes involving listed companies.
Nichol is also often instructed by other lawyers for his trial advocacy skills, to take on trials and cross-examinations. He is equally comfortable in a role as instructing counsel, and frequently works with foreign counsel in cross-border disputes.
Besides his active litigation practice, Nichol is also experienced in corporate transactional work, having acted as lead transaction counsel in Singapore and abroad. His experience in transactional work gives him an added edge in his litigation practice.
Successfully invoked the privilege of self-incrimination against a court application for
pre-action discovery in a high-profile cryptocurrency case.
Instructed as counsel for a worldwide Mareva injunction arising out of matrimonial proceedings. The assets involved exceeded the sum of S$ 100 million.
Successfully defended a striking out order on appeal. The claim that was struck out involved an ex-director of an SGX listed company claiming for fraudulent misrepresentation.
