Alfonso Nocilla is an articling student with Hoffer Adler LLP. He obtained his J.D. from Queen's University in 2010 and recently completed his LL.M. at the University of Western Ontario.

Alfonso won course prizes in Remedies and Bankruptcy/Insolvency at Queen's and represented his law school at the 2009 Canadian Corporate/Securities Law Moot, winning the team 'Top Factum' prize.

Prior to beginning his articles with Hoffer Adler LLP, Alfonso worked as a research assistant to Profs. Thomas Telfer and Bruce Welling at the Faculty of Law, University of Western Ontario, and for the General Counsel at the Department of Finance, Canada.

Areas of Practice
Corporate and commercial law, franchise law, trade-marks, intellectual property, commercial litigation, professional liability, insurance law, personal injury and public law.

Professional Activities
Member, Law Society of Upper Canada
Member, Ontario Bar Association
Member, Canadian Bar Association

Education
LL.M. (Business Law – Bankruptcy/Insolvency), University of Western Ontario, 2011
J.D., Queen's University, 2010
B.A. (Hons), University of Toronto, 2007

Conferences and Publications

Author, "Asset Sales Under the Companies' Creditors Arrangement Act and the Failure of Section 36", forthcoming in the 2012 Canadian Business Law Journal.

Presenter, "Asset Sales Under the Companies' Creditors Arrangement Act and the Failure of Section 36", 2011 Canadian Law and Economics Association Conference, September 23-24, Toronto.

Presenter (Graduate Student Research), "CCAA Sales and the Liquidation vs. Reorganization Debate", 2011 Symposium on Insolvency and Financial Literacy Research (Office of the Superintendent of Bankruptcy Canada), June 6-7, Ottawa.