Nick is a partner of Maples and Calder's Funds & Investment Management team in the Maples Group's Hong Kong office. He specialises in establishing funds targeted at Japanese investors and helps to lead the firm's Japanese funds practice.  He is recommended by Legal 500 Asia Pacific as a standout funds specialist who has the "ability to quickly understand very complicated structures" and whose "strength lies in his ability to apply legal principles to some of the most complex, novel and challenging commercial issues". He is also recognised as "client-friendly, innovative and commercial" and having an "in-depth knowledge" of the Japanese market.