Nicholas Kairis
LL.M. | Senior Partner – Financial Markets & Digital Assets
Nicholas Kairis navigates the complex nexus of banking regulation, capital-markets innovation, and cross-border M&A. As a dual-qualified advocate fluent in Greek, English, German, and French, he provides strategic counsel to banks, sovereign investors, and fintech ventures on a wide spectrum of matters, from structured-note issuances to the architecture of tokenised-security platforms.
He heads the firm's Investments & Acquisitions Committee and serves as the legal director for the Nexum Foundation in Singapore, overseeing a utility-token ecosystem and a DeFi shipping-finance platform. His background includes roles as Chief Legal Officer of Mohammad Omar Bin Haider Holding and Head of Legal for Khamis Buamim Investments, granting him significant board-level insight into oil & gas, infrastructure, and Islamic finance deals across EMEA and Asia.
A former lecturer in maritime finance, Nicholas remains a sought-after speaker on critical emerging topics such as MiCAR, VARA regulations, and Basel-compliant crypto-securities.