Nicole K. Whitecar

Advised Merritt Properties and helped secure a $750 million strategic investment led by global investment firm Centerbridge Partners, positioning the privately held commercial real estate leader for its next phase of growth.  For decades, Miles & Stockbridge has served as a trusted legal advisor to Merritt, supporting the company's growth across its business. Building on that longstanding relationship, the firm advised Merritt through this transformative transaction, helping the company navigate complex corporate, financing, tax and regulatory issues while advancing its long-term business objectives.

Miles & Stockbridge provides employment law advice on an ongoing basis on an array of matters of importance to numerous colleges and universities, working closely with the General Counsel and other senior leaders. We advise them in employment law, faculty matters, sensitive employment issues, student issues, internal investigations, and numerous other areas. 

We serve as outside general counsel to several independent schools. We provide ongoing legal advice to the schools on employment law, faculty issues and faculty contracts, student conduct issues, enrollment agreements and other contract matters, school policies, and numerous other areas.

In early 2020, our client engaged in significant restructuring of its operations that included sales of several operating units. It was critical for the company to maintain compliance and preserve value in the company during this time. We assisted the companies with retention agreements for key employees to retain their services to preserve value for a buyer, as well as overseeing reductions in force and severance programs as a result of shrinking support operations as schools were sold. 

Miles & Stockbridge conducts extensive training for management and employees on topics of harassment, FMLA, internal investigations and employment law for managers.