Mr. Nicolaou brings extensive experience in tax reporting, tax accounting, and compliance, advising on all aspects of group tax planning to minimize clients’ tax burdens. He has also been involved in negotiations with His Majesty’s Revenue & Customs (HMRC) to settle enquiries into his clients’ tax returns.

Throughout his career, Mr. Nicolaou has advised companies on a wide range of corporate tax matters including acquisitions, disposals, and reorganizations of businesses (including submitting statutory and non-statutory clearances and preparation of tax due diligence reports), post-merger integration, the substantial shareholdings exemption, the dividend exemption, the corporate interest restriction rules, stamp duty, stamp duty land tax, chargeable gains, and capital allowance claims.

In addition, Mr. Nicolaou regularly advises clients on international corporate tax matters including tax treaty analysis and claims, tax efficient structuring and supply chain planning, transfer pricing and thin capitalization, the controlled foreign companies rules, and the anti-hybrid legislation.

Before joining A&M, Mr. Nicolaou worked with the Corporate Tax department of Grant Thornton in London. Prior to that, he spent 10 years with RSM Robson Rhodes and Chantrey Vellacott DFK.

Mr. Nicolaou earned a bachelor’s degree in economics and statistics from the University of Exeter. He is a fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICEAW) and is a registered Chartered Tax Adviser (CTA).