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Nicholas J. Cremona
Counsel

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New York
45 Rockefeller Plaza
11th Floor
New York, NY 10111

T 212.589.4682
F 212.589.4201

Bar Admissions

  • U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York
  • U.S. District Court, Eastern District of New York
  • New York
  • New Jersey

Education

  • J.D., St. John’s University School of Law, 1999, Executive Notes and Comments Editor, American Bankruptcy Institute Law Review
  • B.A., State University of New York at Albany, 1996, magna cum laude

Nicholas J. Cremona

Nick Cremona has substantial experience in all aspects of corporate and financial restructuring, insolvency, bankruptcy litigation and debtor and creditors’ rights. His practice focuses on representing secured lenders, creditors, debtors, fiduciaries, debtor-in-possession lenders and acquirers of assets in complex Chapter 11 proceedings and out-of-court restructurings, along with a variety of other clients with respect to the enforcement of debtors’ and creditors’ rights across numerous industries. His clients have included agent banks and senior secured lenders in several large Chapter 11 cases in connection with multibillion-dollar syndicated credit facilities, individual lenders or lender groups in connection with debtor-in-possession financing arrangements, institutional creditors in connection with prosecuting rights under repurchase agreements and swap agreements, and a variety of other clients with respect to prosecuting and defending avoidance actions. Mr. Cremona is part of the Baker Hostetler team representing Irving H. Picard, the SIPA Trustee for the liquidation of Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities LLC and the consolidated estate of Bernard L. Madoff in connection with Madoff’s Ponzi scheme.

Some of Mr. Cremona’s representative bankruptcy matters include the following:

  • The SIPA Trustee for the liquidation of Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities LLC
  • The secured lender in connection with the sale of two commercial buildings in Manhattan for $180 million (contested sale was completed through prepackaged Chapter 11 plan confirmed in 75 days)
  • The administrative agent for the prepetition and postpetition secured lenders in Fairpoint Communications
  • The administrative agent for the prepetition and postpetition secured lenders in SemGroup
  • The administrative agent for the prepetition secured lenders in American Home Mortgage
  • The Chapter 7 Trustee in Winstar Communications
  • The Legal Representative for future asbestos health claimants in Armstrong World Industries and USG Corporation
  • The Debtors in Nutritional Sourcing Corporation, Integrated Health Services, Inc., and Spinnaker Industries, Inc.
  • The DIP lenders to the Penn Traffic Company
  • The DIP lenders to St. Mary’s Hospital, Passaic, New Jersey
  • Asset acquirer in Our Lady of Mercy Medical Center Chapter 11 case

Mr. Cremona is a member of the American Bankruptcy Institute and Turnaround Management Association and has co-authored “Calyon: Mortgage Loan Investors and Safe Harbors,” New York Law Journal (January 31, 2008) and “Too Close for Comfort: Trying to Save Family Business Can Be Risky Business,” Journal of Corporate Renewal.