Armando E. Batastini

Armando E. Batastini


Nixon Peabody LLP

Recognized since 2017

Providence, Rhode Island

Practice Areas

Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law

Commercial Litigation

Litigation - Banking and Finance

Litigation - Real Estate

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Armando is a commercial and real estate litigator and is leader of the Distressed Commercial Debt Litigation team. He represents businesses and owners in a wide variety of contractual, shareholder and commercial realty disputes. He devotes a large portion of his practice to representing holders of commercial debt in all aspects of work-outs, foreclosures, receiverships and guaranty enforcement actions.

I focus my practice on the following areas:

Distressed Commercial Debt

I represent special servicers, balance sheet lenders and purchasers with respect to every aspect of distressed commercial debt, from sale and acquisition, to work-out, foreclosure and receivership and associated guaranty and lender liability litigation. I successfully sought the first federal receiver for CMBS debt in New England and represent holders in federal and state receivership proceedings throughout the Northeast.

Shareholder Disputes

I represent closely held businesses and their owners in ownership, fiduciary and oppression claims in a variety of industries. I am currently representing majority ownership interests in a suit seeking to enforce their buy-back rights against the estate of a former owner.

Real Estate

I represent commercial realty owners in title, boundary, restrictive covenant, adverse possession, partition and easement disputes. I also routinely represent parties in the sale and acquisition of commercial real estate.

Election Law

Every cycle, I advise and represent candidates before the Rhode Island Board of Elections, Rhode Island Supreme Court, Federal Court for the District of Rhode Island and First Circuit Court of Appeals with respect to election challenges and other election law issues including ballot access issues. I recently prosecuted an unconstitutional deprivation of ballot access claim for a candidate for mayor of the City of Central Falls, RI, obtaining an injunction compelling the City to place the candidate on the ballot and further successfully defending that injunction on appeal to the First Circuit.

Location
  • One Citizens Plaza
    Providence, RI 02903-1345
Education
  • Roger Williams University, J.D.
  • United States Naval Academy, BS
Bar Admissions
  • Rhode Island, United States
  • Massachusetts, United States
  • New York, United States
Affiliations
  • Justinian Law Society of Rhode Island - member
  • Rhode Island Bar Association - president
  • Rhode Island Bar Foundation - fellow

Nixon Peabody LLP
Headquarters: Boston, Massachusetts

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Lawyer of the Year Badge - 2023 - Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law Lawyer of the Year Badge - 2021 - Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
Named "Lawyer of the Year" by Best Lawyers® for:
  • Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law, Providence (2023)
  • Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law, Providence (2021)
Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America® 2024 for work in:
  • Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
  • Commercial Litigation
  • Litigation - Banking and Finance
  • Litigation - Real Estate
Awards:
  • “Rhode Island Super Lawyer” in Business Litigation
  • Local Litigation Star continuously since 2012 by Benchmark Litigation
  • 2008 Rhode Island Bar Association Pro Bono Publico Award
Additional Areas of Practice:
  • Construction Law
  • Product Liability Litigation - Defendants

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