Nicolas is a lawyer, academic and lobbyist. He studied Law in Athens. He received postgraduate degrees from University College London and New York University and a PhD from the University of Oxford. He was also a visiting researcher at Harvard. He teaches Civil Procedure and Banking Law at the University of Nicosia. He is the founder of Oxygono and its projects, the Cyprus Forum and Nomoplatform. He received the EU Citizen’s Prize and was included in the Future Leaders Invitation Programme by the Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs of France.