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Nathan Dee is a partner in the firm’s Banking and Financial Services department. He practices in the areas of financial restructuring, bankruptcy, creditors’ rights, and construction litigation. Nathan represents companies and individuals as debtors and creditors in bankruptcy proceedings in a wide range of industries, including heavy construction, utilities, shipping, finance, and legal.

Nathan’s litigation experience includes representing clients in matters involving complex construction claims in the federal and state courts in the State of New York and in alternative dispute resolution (ADR) proceedings, including mini-trials, arbitrations, and mediations involving public and private owners. He has successfully resolved claims for construction clients based on changed or unforeseen conditions, disruptions, loss of productivity, significant changes in the character of work, defective design, and defective construction.

Practice Areas

Banking and Financial Services Bankruptcy and Creditors’ Rights Construction Contract Dispute Resolution Banking and Financial Services Litigation Debtor Representations Distressed M & A

Industries

Admissions

  • Massachusetts
  • New York
  • U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts
  • U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York
  • U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

Education

  • J.D., Suffolk University Law School, cum laude, 1999
  • B.A., Hamilton College, 1988

Representative Experience

  • Currently representing mechanical contractor as special counsel against the municipality on a complex construction claim arising out of a public works project.
  • Currently representing a general contractor in its Chapter 11 bankruptcy case that includes confirmation of a plan based upon recoveries on breach of contract claims against various municipal agencies.
  • Represented multiple heavy construction companies in breach of contract and delay claims against public and private owners.
  • Represented Navillus Tile, Inc. in its Chapter 11 bankruptcy case resulting in confirmation of a consensual plan and company’s successful emergence from bankruptcy.
  • Represented concrete contractor in bankruptcy case resulting in confirmation of Chapter 11 plan funded by a multi-million-dollar settlement of a damages claim arising out of a public construction contract with the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey.
  • Represented heavy civil construction company in bankruptcy case resulting in confirmation of Chapter 11 plan funded by proceeds of construction claims litigation against public agencies.
  • Represented heating and cooling subcontractor in bankruptcy case resulting in confirmation of Chapter 11 plan providing for payment in full of all creditor claims, reorganization of the business and its successful emergence from bankruptcy.
  • Represented heavy civil highway contractor in out-of-court restructuring through the formation of a partnership with another construction firm.
  • Represented multiple heavy construction companies in the mediation of disputes arising out of public construction contracts with the City of New York and its related agencies.
  • Represented global shipping company in bankruptcy case resulting in confirmation of a Chapter 11 plan and the successful reorganization and emergence of business from bankruptcy.

Professional and Community Activities

  • NY Adjunct Professor for Bankruptcy and Creditors Rights, New York Law School, 2011—2014
  • Member, American Bankruptcy Institute, 2008—Present
  • Member, Construction Financial Management Association, 2017—Present

Publications

  • Is New York State DOT’s Standard Settlement Agreement an Illusory Promise? Construction Accounting and Taxation (Jan-Feb 2010)

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