Nick Cruz

Nicholas Peter Cruz

Nick Cruz in 2013
Preceded by Keith Azopardi
Personal details
Nationality British (Gibraltarian)
Political party Progressive Democratic Party
Children 3
Alma mater Kingston University
Occupation Politician
Profession Lawyer
Website www.pdp.gi

Nicholas Peter Cruz LLB TEP[1] (b. 1968) is a Gibraltarian lawyer and politician and leader of the Progressive Democratic Party, which he co-founded with Keith Azopardi.[2]

Legal career

Born in Gibraltar in 1968, Cruz was educated at Worth School in the United Kingdom.[1] He graduated in law from Kingston University in Surrey before becoming a member of the Middle Temple Inn of Court.[1] He then completed his law studies at the Council of Legal Education in Chancery Lane, London, and was subsequently called to the Bar of England and Wales.[1] Cruz then returned to Gibraltar in 1989 and was called to the Bar of Gibraltar.[1]

Cruz has practised law in Gibraltar ever since, concentrating on Trust, Company, Admiralty, Conveyancing, Labour & Employment, Commercial and Civil Litigation.[1] Cruz was a founder member of the Bar Council Conveyancing Committee.[1] He is a trust and estate practitioner and serves as the Chairman of the Association of Trust and Company Managers (ATCOM), and a member of the Gibraltar Finance Centre Council, a Government policy advisory committee.[1]

Cruz is a founder member of Cruz & Co, a Gibraltar law firm.[1]

Nick is an overseas member of the Clerksroom, Barristers Chambers, Taunton, Somerset and the founder member and principle partner of Balms & Cruz Morocco an Anglo Spanish Law firm in Morocco.[1]

Political career

Nick was one of the founder members of the Progressive Democratic Party and was its Deputy Leader from 2006 to 2012.[2] Following the departure of former leader Keith Azopardi, Cruz was elected as Leader of the PDP.

References

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