Vivian M. Arias | People | Thompson & Knight LLP

Experience

Vivian Arias focuses her practice on representing institutional lenders, including national banks, special servicers, and investment banks, in creditors’ rights litigation, insolvency, loan restructurings, and workouts. She also represents corporate and individual parties in contract and commercial disputes in arbitration and litigation in state and federal courts.

Diversity & Inclusion Committee Co-Chair

Honored as a Recommended Attorney in The Legal 500 US 2018 by Legalease

Named to New York Metro Rising Stars^® 2019 by Thomson Reuters

Representative Matters

Represented national banking associations, through special servicers, in commercial real estate foreclosure and receivership proceedings in New York and New Jersey
Resolution of an institutional lender’s claims against a borrower for breach of contract, conversion, and fraudulent conveyance in action before the Southern District of New York
Obtained dismissal of tort and contract claims against individual and corporate defendants in federal and state court actions
Obtained a temporary restraining order from the Supreme Court of the State of New York in connection with the representation of the plaintiff in a partnership dispute
Represented a national lender in the restructuring of a multi-million dollar loan secured by a Lower Manhattan commercial property through a special servicer, including subordinate notes, a mezzanine loan, and an intercreditor agreement

Prior Employment

Legal Intern for the Honorable Donald C. Pogue, Court of International Trade

News & Insights

Honors & Affiliations

Distinctions/Honors

Recommended Attorney, The Legal 500 US by Legalease (Real Estate and Construction: Real Estate), 2018
New York Metro Rising Stars^® by Thomson Reuters (Bankruptcy & Creditor/Debtor Rights: Business), 2011-2020
Empire State Counsel^®, New York Bar Association

Memberships/Affiliations

Co-Chair, Diversity & Inclusion Committee, 2021
Member, Hispanic National Bar Association
Member, Association for the Bar of the City of New York
Member, New York State Bar Association
Fellow, Leadership Council on Legal Diversity, 2016

Education & Admissions

Education

J.D., 2007, Fordham University School of Law; Staff Member, Fordham International Law Journal; Editor and Competitor, Fordham Law Moot Court Board
B.S.C., 2004, cum laude, University of Miami

Admissions

District of Columbia
Massachusetts
New Jersey
New York
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York
U.S. District Court for the Northern District of New York
U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York
U.S. District Court for the Western District of New York

Languages

Spanish