Andrew I. Silfen
Andrew leads the Financial Restructuring & Bankruptcy practice and is the Managing Partner of the New York office.

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Andrew has extensive experience in all aspects of financial restructurings, distressed situations, liability management and bankruptcy proceedings. Andrew has a renowned practice representing creditors’ committees, indenture trustees, agents, bondholders, private credit lenders, contract counter parties, landlords and lessors in bankruptcy proceedings, as well as acquirors of and investors in troubled, distressed, and bankrupt companies. Andrew has extensive experience representing strategic and control investors. He has played a prominent role in large and cutting edge restructurings and bankruptcies throughout the United States, and his broad-based practice and experience have enabled him to devise unique and innovative solutions to complex matters.
Client Work
Andrew’s recent matters have included:
- Representation of an indenture trustee and/or collateral agents in Mallinckrodt PLLC, Endo International, Hertz Corporation, WEWORK, Inc, Wesco Aircraft Holdings, Inc., Lannett Company, Inc., Intelstat, S.A., Vantage Drilling Company, Claire’s Stores, Inc., Cenveo, Inc., First Flo Corporation, David’s Bridal, Inc., New Cotai, LLC, Orexigen Therapeutics Inc., Rex Energy Corporation, 21st Century Oncology Holdings, Inc., Sabine Oil & Gas Corp., BPZ Energy, Inc., LINN Energy, L.L.C., Halcon Resouces Corp., LINC USA GP, Endeavor Operations Corporation, Goodrich Petroleum Corp., Dynegy Holdings LLC, Caesars Entertainment Operation Company, Washington Mutual, Inc., ATA Airlines, Plainwell Inc., Dana Corporation, R.H. Donnelley Corp., Simmons Company, Fremont General Corporation, Propex Inc., Pliant Corporation, TOUSA, Inc., HomeBanc Corp., Portrait Corporation of America Inc., Vesta Insurance Group Inc., United Air Lines, Silver State Bancorp, Maxxim Medical and Lodgian Inc. bankruptcy proceedings.
- Represented indenture trustees in enforcement litigation involving Algeco Scottsman Global Financial PLC and Merrimack Pharmaceuticals Inc.
- Representation of creditors’ committees in high-profile bankruptcy proceedings in such industries as oil and gas; energy; mining and exploration; retail and fashion; publishing; manufacturing; cosmetics and beauty supplies; healthcare and assisted living; automotive; telecommunications and integrated communications providers; e-commerce, internet and technology; life sciences; pharmaceuticals; and hotel and hospitality. Accordion Toggle
Professional Activities
Andrew is a trustee of the executive committee of the New York Institute of Credit, and a fellow of the American Bar Foundation. He is also a member of the board of directors of the Association of Insolvency and Restructuring Advisors, which has a membership of 2,600; he was only the second lawyer to be selected to the board at that time. He also serves on two subcommittees for the American Bar Association: the Subcommittee on Indentures and Bankruptcy and the Subcommittee on Bankruptcy Committees. Andrew also is a member of the Turnaround Management Association and Brooklyn Law School’s Barry L. Zaretsky Annual Bankruptcy Roundtable Steering Committee.
Publications, Presentations & Recognitions
Andrew and the Bankruptcy & Financial Restructuring practice were honored as a Recognized Practitioner by Chambers USA as being among the best bankruptcy practices in the United States in 2023 and 2024. Andrew was also recognized as a leading municipal finance bankruptcy attorney in Legal 500 US in 2022 and 2023. Andrew has received numerous Turnaround Atlas Awards from the Global M&A Network, including: Mining & Restructuring of the Year – Allied Nevada Gold Corp, Cross Border Turnaround of the Year/Mid Markets – Advance Watch Company, and Corporate Turnaround of the Year/Large – Exide Technologies Chapter 11 Reorganization. In 2017, Andrew received the Turnaround Atlas Award for Turnaround of the Year for Energy Exploration Partners Chapter 11 Plan of Reorganization.
Andrew has lectured frequently on current restructuring, bankruptcy, and investing issues. He has also contributed to various publications and seminar materials on various restructuring and bankruptcy topics.
His recent published works include:
- In the Third Circuit, an Intercreditor Agreement Means What it Says,” Pratt’s Journal of Bankruptcy Law, January 2020
- Co-author of the chapter, “Creditor and Equity Committees,” Reorganizing Failing Businesses, Third Edition
- “The Energy Future Holding Corp. Decision: Validating Tender Offer and Limiting the Application of Confirmation Requirements in Bankruptcy Settlements,” Pratt’s Journal of Bankruptcy Law, July/August 2015. Accordion Toggle
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Education
New York University School of Law, LL.M., corporate, 1994Brooklyn Law School, JD, Moot Court Honor Society, 1986Brandeis University, BA, cum laude, 1983