Leadership
Hugh Nineham
Chief Counsel
Hugh Nineham is the Chief Counsel to Centricus. Hugh has 40 years’ experience as a lawyer in private practice, working principally in the areas of M&A and securities regulation.
He was formerly a partner at McDermott Will & Emery, where he was head of the firm’s London office and European practice, and before that was a partner at Lovells (now Hogan Lovells), heading their corporate practice for many years. He has lived and worked in New York and Hong Kong, as well as London. He held leadership and management roles at both firms. As a practising lawyer, he was responsible for major client relationships in the financial services, media and industrial sectors, advising on significant transactions of different types and across a range of geographies.
Hugh is a solicitor qualified in England & Wales. He holds a Master of Arts degree from Cambridge University where he studied law.