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Robert Nies, a member of Wolff & Samson’s Bankruptcy and Creditors’ Rights Group, has served the business community for more than 25 years, advising on a wide range of bankruptcy and creditors’ rights issues, complex commercial litigations and mediations.

His diverse cases include representing the owners of a retail fuel oil business in a complex series of matters that encompassed a restructuring, the sale of valuable customer lists, remediation of environmentally contaminated real property, and the retention of a spin-off fuel distribution business. He also represented a national car rental licensor in the restructuring and/or liquidation of troubled licensees nationwide. He frequently advises on the use of Chapter 11 as a means to acquire and sell assets or whole companies.

Rob also has a niche litigation practice that pursues the fraudulent transfer of assets – particularly through the unlawful use of alter ego and successor entities – in state court litigation and subsequent bankruptcy filings.

Rob has extensive nationwide experience in the areas of corporate insolvency and reorganization, including:

• Providing counsel to the Official Creditors Committee in Velocita Corp.
• Representing The Bank of New York in the O’Brien Environmental Energy, Inc. Chapter 11 reorganization, in which he obtained a repayment of principal in full with interest for the client
• Representing Forest Oil Corporation in the pursuit of a $40 million “take-or-pay” gas purchase contract claim in the Chapter 11 reorganization of Columbia Gas Transmission Corp.
• Representing Public Service Electric & Gas, Inc., in the Chapter 11 reorganization of Thermal Systems, Inc., that involved efforts to reject a $20 million “remediation” contract with PSEG
• Advising Skylands Park Management, Inc., a publicly owned, minor league baseball stadium, on a plan of reorganization that was confirmed through the use of proceeds of a public stock offering in Chapter 11

Rob is a successful mediator in all aspects of bankruptcy and commercial litigation. A founding member and former master in the Justice Marie L. Garibaldi American Inn of Court for Alternative Dispute Resolution, he often lectures and trains state-approved mediators as part of the New Jersey Institute of Continuing Legal Education.

Rob is the author of many articles published over the course of his long career. Recent articles include:

• “Two Sides of the Coin,” New Jersey Law Journal, Bankruptcy Law, January 14, 2008
• “The Bankruptcy Code Change: Attorneys and CPAs Speak Out,” New Jersey Business Magazine, August 2007
• “A Prudent Approach to U.S. Bankruptcy Law: Pay Attention, Plan and Proceed,” Insolvency and Restructuring International, Vol.1, No.1, May 2007, International Bar Association

He is the recipient of Martindale-Hubbell Law Directory’s highest AV® rating. He is also listed in Best Lawyers in America in the areas of Bankruptcy and Creditor/Debtor Rights, and in New Jersey Super Lawyers.