Nicholas Kuria

Counsel

British Virgin Islands | T +1 284 852 1129
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Nicholas Kuria is Counsel in the British Virgin Islands Corporate practice.

His practice includes many aspects of corporate law, including mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, shareholders’ agreements and corporate governance.

Nicholas advises a range of clients with a particular focus on the technology, media and telecommunications, financial services and insurance sectors. He has spent time on secondment with the mergers and acquisitions team of British Telecommunications plc in London, UK.

He acts for public and private companies, insurers, brokers and financial institutions and has worked with infrastructure funds in relation to the funding of digital telecommunications companies in the UK. Nicholas also acts on cross-border transactions, both in mergers and acquisitions as well as joint ventures, in a variety of industry sectors.

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Experience

  • Advised Mantle, the leading blockchain ecosystem at the forefront of a decentralized finance (DeFi), in connection with the launch of Index Four (MI4) Fund.
  • Advised Turaco Gold Limited, an ASX-listed gold exploration company, on its acquisition of a 51% interest in Taurus Gold Afema Holdings Ltd, the owner of Afema Gold SA which holds the Afema granted mining permit in southeast Côte d’Ivoire.
  • Advised Macquarie Group on a credit and guarantee agreement with NG Energy International Corp. (TSXV: GASX) (OTCQX: GASXF) for a financing of up to US$100 million of which US$50 million is committed funding.
  • Advised Nostromo Energy on an innovative transaction to take the company private and delist from the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange.
  • Acted for Establishment Labs Holding Inc. (NASDAQ: ESTA), a global medical technology and aesthetics company focused on women’s health and breast reconstruction, in connection with its private placement of common shares and pre-funded warrants to certain institutional accredited investors.
  • Advised Weatherford International, one of the world’s largest multinational oilfield service companies, in connection with the amendment and reinstatement of its LC Credit Agreement dated 17 October 2022, including an increase in the aggregate commitments under the credit agreement.
  • Advised ecommerce payments provider and online merchant acquiring bank Finaro (formerly Credorax) on its acquisition by US fintech company Shift4 (NYSE: FOUR), a leading provider of integrated payment and technology solutions.
  • Advised Commonwealth Bank of Australia in connection with a five-year AU$500 million syndicated credit facility, including an AU$100 million accordion option, to gold mining company Gold Fields. The new financing is the first sustainability-linked loan transaction for a gold mining company in Australia.
  • Advised for The Flexi Group Holdings Ltd., the largest flexible workspace operators in Asia, on its merger with TG Venture Acquisition Corp. (Nasdaq: TGVC and TGVCW), a special purpose acquisition company sponsored by Tsangs Group.
  • Acted for SIBA Energy Corporation on its DOP 4.1 billion project financing in respect of the financing, construction, and commissioning of an approximately 252 MW combined-cycle gas fired power plant, including related sponsor arrangements.

Qualifications

Professional Background

  • Senior Associate, CMS Cameron McKenna Nabarro Olswang LLP, London
  • Associate, Slaughter and May, London
  • Secondee, British Telecommunications plc

Education

  • Nottingham Law School, Legal Practice Course, 2005
  • Nottingham Law School, Graduate Diploma in Law, 2004
  • University of Reading, BSc, International Securities, Investment and Banking, 2003

Bar Admissions

  • England & Wales, Solicitor, 2007

Awards & Accolades

  • Recognised in the 2025 (and since 2023) edition of Legal 500 Caribbean (banking, finance and capital markets; investment funds)