Nicholas A. Binder

Associate Restructuring

Chicago +1 312 862 4085

Nicholas A. Binder

Overview

Nick Binder is an associate in Kirkland's Restructuring Practice Group. He concentrates his practice on all aspects of corporate restructuring, bankruptcy and insolvency proceedings.

Acosta, Inc. — Representing Acosta, Inc., a multinational full-service sales, marketing, and retail merchandising agency with 30,000 employees, serving 1,200 blue chip companies across the globe, in its prepackaged restructuring of $3 billion of indebtedness.

Judicial ExternChambers of Honorable David McKeagueUnited States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit

Research ExternMichigan Court of Appeals

Summer Associate, Kirkland & Ellis LLP, 2018

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Thought Leadership

Publications

Spanish Peaks: What Happens When Leases Collide with a Bankruptcy Sale?, ABI Asset Sales Committee Newsletter, July 2018.

Recognition

Midwest Regional Bankruptcy Seminar Distinguished Student Award, 2019

Third Prize, ABI Bankruptcy Law Student Writing Competition, 2018

Finalist, Kaufman Securities Law Moot Court Competition, 2018

Second Place Brief, Kaufman Securities Law Moot Court Competition, 2018

First Place, Don Nystrom Best Brief Competition, 2017

Recipient, Jurisprudence Awards in Secured Transactions; Equity; Criminal Procedure; Client Counseling; Legal Research, Writing & Analysis; Advocacy; Criminal Law; Torts; and Property

Memberships & Affiliations

American Bankruptcy Institute

Credentials

Admissions & Qualifications

  • 2019Illinois

Education

  • Michigan State University College of LawJ.D.2019

    Dean's Valedictorian Award for the highest GPA in the graduating class

    Michigan State Law Review

  • McMaster University DeGroote School of BusinessM.B.A.2010

    Allan & Lynn Cole MBA Award

    Avery Award

    Lillian Russell Scholarship

  • McMaster UniversityHonors Bachelors, Kinesiology2007
    McMaster Marauder Scholar