Jill Nicholson

Experience

Jill Nicholson concentrates her practice on commercial bankruptcy and insolvency matters, creditors’ rights, out-of-court workouts and restructurings, and complex multidistrict financial services litigation. She is a member of the firm’s Finance Committee and is the immediate past chair of the firm’s national Bankruptcy & Business Reorganizations Practice where she served in that role for eight years. She is also a member of the firm’s Real Estate Practice.

Jill has represented a broad array of clients in bankruptcy and insolvency proceedings, including secured lenders, special servicers, corporate boards, officers, directors, manufacturers, creditors’ committees, SIPA trustees, bondholder committees, unsecured creditors, Chapter 11 debtors, indenture trustees, commercial landlords, governmental agencies, and federally chartered entities. Jill has also served as a court-appointed receiver for the Securities & Exchange Commission.

Her experience encompasses all facets of bankruptcy and insolvency, including Chapter 11 plan restructuring and related litigation, 363 sales, valuation disputes, single asset real estate, debtor-in-possession financing, tax credit bond finance deals, adversary actions, bankruptcy appeals, assignments for the benefit of creditors, broker-dealer liquidations, and receiverships.

Jill counsels a number of Fortune 500 companies regarding best practices with respect to bankruptcy and insolvency issues, including distressed real estate, commercial lending, special servicing, and automotive restructuring.