Managing Partner

Nicolai is Managing Partner at Fenech & Fenech Advocates. He heads the Commercial and Corporate Department. Nicolai is an experienced commercial and corporate lawyer, having practised in this area since 1998.

His expertise includes corporate and commercial law, M&A transactions, liquidation and insolvency. He has also handled numerous project and asset finance transactions with particular expertise in aircraft finance having in-depth knowledge of the Cape Town Convention and the Aircraft Protocol as applying to security interests in aircraft and related assets. Nicolai is also an experienced litigator in commercial and corporate disputes and handles court and arbitration cases of this nature on a continuing basis.

Nicolai is also a visiting lecturer and an examiner within the Commercial Law Department of the Faculty of Law at the University of Malta. He is a contributor to a number of international publications such as Aircraft Liens and Detention Rights (Sweet & Maxwell) and Aircraft Finance – Registration, Security and Enforcement (Sweet & Maxwell).

Languages: English, Maltese, Italian and French