Nicolas Oldham

Partner

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What can I do for you

Nik leads the construction and engineering risk practice. He has 30 years' experience defending professional indemnity claims. The last 20 years have been spent exclusively defending construction professionals in all arenas and has, from its infancy, been a huge advocate of mediation. Nik is appointed coverage counsel in this country and abroad including Australia, Canada and Turkmenistan. 

What do others say

"Nik Oldham has first-class legal acumen"

"Strong technical skills provide the platform for an innovative and commercially focused approach."

"Nik's ability to build up trust and rapport enables messages to be conveyed quickly and effectively and is a major contribution to the facilitation of the settlement of complex and multi party disputes."

Nik "explores every avenue to resist ambitious claims"

Supporting your ambitions

Nik understands that an insured client's claims experience is the insurers "shop window". Nik works collaboratively  with claims adjusters, insureds, counsel and experts to form a defence team that will quickly indentify the issues and establish, where posssible, how best to resolve the dispute. Nik povides strong, practical and commercial advice that assists in determining a settlement strategy with which the insured and insurer are content. Nik is not afraid to advise that a case should not be settled and testament to this is him leading a team to success in the Supreme Court (Higgins v Aspect Contracts).

What else should you know?

Nik was a junior black belt Judo champion - he says it taught him to be strategic in defence and how to master a timely attack! 
 

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What our clients say about us

“I think Mills & Reeve are a wonderful firm. The support they have provided to us in a really difficult area has been brilliant, collaborative and commercially minded. The team were absolutely wonderful and a joy to work with. Amazing advice and support and a real collaborative effort with us. I can't thank them enough for getting us through some really tough times and doing so with an amazing can-do attitude.”

“They are friendly, fast, always available and always on top of the game. I tend to judge my legal team against the other side's legal team and never doubt Mills & Reeve is the better of the two.”

“All interactions have been very clear. Responses to questions have always been very swift and unambiguous. Our company, and my family, have used various services in Mills & Reeve with the same level of satisfaction.”

“I value the fact that Mills & Reeve are recognised as a good place to work in the UK Best Companies survey. This aligns with the values of our business and means that Mills & Reeve can share what is required to achieve this status with our business.”