In his growth to become a renowned investment banker and founder of Lincoln Crowne,
Nicholas Assef amassed a significant education. Beginning with his Bachelor of Laws, achieved with honors in 1992, Assef earned this accolade from Bond University Law School with the assistance of a partial academic scholarship. He also gained his Graduate Diploma in Legal Practice in 1992 from the University of Technology in Sydney. Continuing at Bond University, Assef graduated in 1995 with his Master of Laws with an emphasis on corporate/takeover law. He attended Harvard Business School, completing a postgraduate module in valuation in 1995. Nick Assef then completed his MBA with a major in game theory and corporate finance in 1998 from the William E Simon Graduate School of Business at the University of Rochester in New York.