Nicholas Vaskov Email & Phone Number

I have over ten-years of experience in both the private and public sector in a broad range of areas including municipal and administrative law, zoning and land use, real estate transactions and development, commercial litigation, and higher education law and policy. Significant experience and projects include:* Negotiated ground lease and associated development agreement for a 900 bed student-housing public private partnership project* Prepared reciprocal easement agreement, purchase and sale agreement, and declaration of development conditions (public-private partnership) for a mixed-use retail/structured parking facility for use by campus community* Drafted and negotiated several large-scale development agreements - including a 3,000 master planned residential community and a 2,000 acre industrial park* Provided advice concerning public sector employment and labor law * Authored numerous codes and ordinances - including zoning/development codes, gaming, liquor and other business license regulations* Managed and/or drafted numerous public work construction contracts - including a $250 million water reclamation facility and a $80 million + city hall complex* Commercial evictions and landlord/tenant disputes* Provided advice related to gaming and other privileged licenses - including the establishment of "gaming enterprise districts"* Regulatory advisor to a municipal water and wastewater public utility* Legal counsel to the Redevelopment Agency Board of Director and the seven member Planning Commission* Public work contracting and bidding - including bid protests and bonding requirements* Lease negotiations and drafting* Higher education facility planning and development* Local and state level lobbying, government affairs and crisis communicationSpecialties: Commercial litigation and transactionsReal estate development and land useAdministrative law and government relations

Listed skills include Estate Planning and Planning.