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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

Federal Judge Halts DOE's Crackdown on Diversity Programs

Alerts

Alternative Dispute Resolution: A Beginner's Guide to Arbitration, Mediation, and Settlement Conferences

Alerts

IRS Guidance Limits the Use of Five Percent Safe Harbor to Low-Output Solar Facilities

Alerts

New York Public Service Commission Denies New York Power Authority Petition to Designate Clean Path Transmission Project a Priority Transmission Project

Alerts

NYS Legislature Seeks to Restrict Time Period for Third-Party Actions

Alerts

United States Department of Justice Issues Antidiscrimination Guidance to Federal Funding Recipients