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Hobbies and interests:

Nicholas Hammond has an interest in what happens in Romania. The law firm takes up most of his time. When relaxing, he likes to spend time with his Romanian family and talk to his family abroad. He has also been involved in the Anglican Church of the Resurrection since he came to Romania and has served on the Governing Council for 20 years as well as 12 years as Chairman and Warden. Before the pandemic, he also enjoyed going to the opera and concerts in Romania, which provides a welcome relief from the pressures of being a lawyer

Entrepreneurial venture:

Nicholas Hammond started his career as a trainee lawyer in what was then one of the top law firms in the City of London training to be a solicitor. After he qualified, he worked as an assistant solicitor until he set up his own law firm in 1974. He then developed his practice in London into a law firm of 35 lawyers plus support staff. The firm was successful.

In 1989, the firm decided it wanted to go international and looked at various options, including Eastern Europe. As he had a Romanian client, Romania seemed the most obvious place to go. On January 12, 1990, less than a month after the fall of Romania’s communist dictator Nicolae Ceausescu, Nicholas Hammond and another partner arrived at Otopeni. Their initial research was promising, and the firm decided to open an office here, which they did, and Mr. Hammond was designated to run both London and Bucharest. Subsequently, the Bucharest office was sold to Taylor Joynson a City of London law firm who asked him to stay and run the Bucharest office, which he did for many years.

After that, he advised and assisted several international law firms in developing their own business. In 2002, he decided to open his own law firm which he did, and “the rest is as they say history.”

During this period, he met and married his Romanian wife who has helped him all along in this Romanian venture.

“There have been many high lights in my time in Romania. There are too many to mention. Meeting presidents and prime ministers have given me pleasure as well as seeing lawyers who I gave some training to become leaders in the Romanian legal profession. Of all the foreign lawyers in Romania I have been here the longest and survived,” he says.

Contact details: nhammond@hplegal.ro, www.hplegal.ro

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