| Biography:
Malcolm B. Nicholls III is a partner in the Firm’s Corporate Department and a member of the Private Investment Funds Group. Mr. Nicholls has over ten years of experience in the private equity field, with a focus on national and international private equity transactions. He advises private equity fund managers, institutional investors and investment advisors on a broad range of issues, including fund formations, secondary transactions, portfolio investments, internal governance and divestments and distributions.
A significant portion of Mr. Nicholls’ practice is representing general partners in the formation and maintenance of private equity funds and funds of funds. He also represents domestic and foreign institutional investors, or their advisors, with respect to their investments across the private equity asset class as well as with the acquisition and sale of secondary partnership interests.
Mr. Nicholls was recognized as one of “America’s Leading Business Lawyers” by Chambers USA in 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007 and 2008. He was also ranked as one of The Best Lawyers in America in 2006, 2007 and 2008.
Mr. Nicholls received his B.A., magna cum laude, from the University of New Hampshire in 1991 and his J.D. from Boston University in 1994, where he was an editor of the Law Review. He was also a Sergeant/Russian Linguist in the United States Army from 1984 through 1988.
Mr. Nicholls is a member of the American Bar Association and Boston Bar Association. He was admitted to the New York Bar in 1995, the U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York, in 1995 and the Massachusetts Bar in 1996.
Mr. Nicholls has authored numerous articles for Private Equity Viewpoint (f/k/a Venture Update), a publication by his former firm, Testa, Hurwitz & Thibeault, LLP, and he is also a frequent speaker at industry conferences both domestically and abroad. His lecture topics range from such subjects as “Top Strategies for Negotiating Terms and Conditions with Limited Partners” to “The US Perspective on Today’s Fundraising Environment.”
Recent Lectures
• Speaker at Probitas Partners Limited Partner Roundtables on private equity, Toronto and Montreal, March 2007
• Stream Chair, “Latest Developments in Secondaries,” Super Investor Conference, November 2006
• Speaker, “Complying With Illinois’ Sudan Act,” Illinois Venture Capital Association, October 2006
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