Nico Blom specialises in tax aspects of structured finance, securitisation, cross border financing, funds (investment, hedge, private equity and real estate), joint ventures, mergers and acquisitions. As Dutch tax counsel he has extensively been involved in a wide variety of financing transactions, ranging from acquisition finance, asset finance and project finance to derivatives and tier 1 and tier 2 financings of financial institutions. Furthermore, Nico regularly advises on tax issues pertaining to Netherlands domiciled funds and Dutch managed offshore funds.

Nico graduated from Leiden University in 1991. He has been practising tax law in Amsterdam, London and Paris. He became a partner of NautaDutilh in January 2002.

Nico has been quoted as leading lawyer in the area of tax in, inter alia, Chambers in the past year. Quote Chambers Global 2006: Nico Blom is seen by clients as a technically strong and realistic lawyer. He's not a cowboy – he's someone who discusses the risks.