Gregory W. Nye
Managing Partner, Connecticut
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860.256.8547
Gregory Nye is a Partner on the Financial Restructuring team, where he focuses on out-of-court and chapter 11 restructurings, with a particular emphasis on litigation assessment, bankruptcy trial work, and bankruptcy appeals. He also handles complex commercial cases in federal and state courts throughout the nation.
Mr. Nye's particular experience is in litigation arising from complex financial transactions, including corporate borrowings, public debt issuances and restructurings, venture capital financing, leasing and real estate financing. Mr. Nye regularly works with ad hoc committees and other multiple client groups who share investment exposure in sectors including entertainment, telecommunications, airline, food services, building supplies, public utility, funeral services, timber and various other industries. He provides creative, aggressive litigation services to reach business solutions, either by negotiation, alternative dispute resolution, or trial. Recent trials include the removal of an entertainment company CEO on behalf of preferred shareholder investors; successful trial of valuation disputes in relief from stay and plan confirmation proceedings; judgment for insurance company clients charged with manipulating a public company through certain debt covenants obtained in out-of-court restructurings; successful trial of "make whole" premium claims for investor clients; and successful defense against injunctions sought by a public company against bondholder clients.
Mr. Nye has represented clients in a wide variety of high-profile legal disputes. He has prosecuted and defended cases involving avoidance claims and other bankruptcy issues, claims for fraud, misappropriation of company assets, accounting irregularities, as well as the full range of alleged business torts. Mr. Nye has extensive experience in cases involving construction and interpretation of public bond indentures, as well as cross-border application of lender and bondholder remedies.
Education
J.D., University of Virginia School of Law, 1981
B.A., Phi Beta Kappa, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1977
Bar Admissions
Connecticut
Court Admissions
U.S. District Court Connecticut
U.S. District Court for the Northern and Southern Districts of New York
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd and 5th Circuits
Affiliations
Hartford County Bar AssociationConnecticut Bar Association
American Bar Association