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NicFerland

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Overview

Biography

Nic’s practice encompasses bankruptcy, real estate, leasing, finance, and general corporate matters. He appears in bankruptcy courts throughout the United States in high-profile cases on behalf of financial institutions, landlords, general creditors, and interested parties. Nic also represents clients in commercial lease and real estate transactions, loan agreements, and development and redevelopment projects. Nic's practice also includes issuing “non-consolidation” and “true sale” opinions and structuring loan transactions to meet true sale requirements. 

Nic provides general counsel to companies operating in Connecticut and to clients in the shopping center industry nationwide. He has extensive experience with all aspects of shopping center operations, such as lease defaults, common area charges, development, security, public access, reciprocal easement agreements, co-tenancy issues, real estate taxes, and premises liability.

Bar Associations

  • American Bar Association

Selected Memberships & Affiliations

  • American Bankruptcy Institute
  • ICSC: Innovating Commerce Serving Communities
Experience

Representative Experience

  • Represents landlords of 83 stores in GNC Holdings, Inc. bankruptcy cases.
  • Represents landlords of 143 stores in Ascena Retail Group, Inc. bankruptcy cases.

Prior Experience

  • LeClairRyan
  • Tyler Cooper

Judicial Clerkships

  • US Bankruptcy Court, Judge Alan Shiff

Selected Honors

  • The Best Lawyers in America®: Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law, 2011–2025; Litigation – Bankruptcy, 2011–2025; Real Estate Law, 2025
  • Selected to Super Lawyers Connecticut: Bankruptcy – Business, Real Estate, and Securities & Corporate Finance, 2009–2010 and 2013–2018
Knowledge

Selected Media

Selected Alerts & Blog Posts

Selected Publications

Selected News

Featured Media

Alerts

NYS Energy Planning Board Releases Draft Energy Plan, Detailing Pathways to Decarbonization While Maintaining System Reliability Through 2040

Alerts

Non-Judicial Collateral Remedies, Part 3 – Strict Foreclosure

Alerts

Court to Weigh Key Privacy Issues in Web Tracking Case Against Cigna

Alerts

Attention Providers! OMIG Adopts 12-Month Review Period for Newly Initiated Compliance Program Reviews Beginning July 1, 2025

Alerts

New York Court Upholds NYSDEC's Finding That a Title V Renewal Application Was Consistent With the CLCPA

Alerts

New York Public Service Commission Determines to Withdraw Its Finding in the New York City Offshore Wind Public Policy Transmission Need Process