Andrew M. Troop

Andrew also has an active pro bono practice. He has served on the Board of Directors for the Greater Boston Legal Services for over a decade, and was honored by the Massachusetts Bar Association with its 2017 Pro Bono Publico award, which is presented to individuals who have been instrumental in developing, implementing and supporting pro bono programs.

• Represented multiple creditors in connection with the chapter 11 bankruptcy of Zetta Jet.
• Represented the majority shareholders of Gibson Brands in its chapter 11 bankruptcy. The matter was recognized as the 2019 Mid-Size Company Transaction of the Year by the Turnaround Management Association (In re: Gibson Brands, Inc.).
• Advised Millennium Custodial Trust, created as part of the LyondellBasell chapter 11 plan. Counter to projections, the trust distributed approximately $123 million more in value to its beneficial holders than had been predicted at confirmation (In re: Lyondell Chemical Company, et al).
• Advised Virginia Conservation Legacy Fund in its acquisition of Patriot Coal assets, a novel transaction that won a 2015 Distressed M&A Deal of the Year (over $100 million to $1 billion) award from M&A Advisor and the 2016 Financial Times North America award for Innovation in Unlocking and Delivering Value.
• Represented IHI, JGC and JMU in negotiating their exit from EAS, a company in Brazil, including advising on complications resulting from an ongoing corruption investigation and a depressed Brazilian economy.
• Pro Bono
  • Represented 15 Chinese immigrants who had been deprived of their wages by their employer, successfully squashing the employer’s attempt to discharge her financial obligations through bankruptcy. Working in collaboration with Greater Boston Legal Services, the lawsuit resulted in three separate decisions by the Massachusetts Bankruptcy Court, all in favor of our clients. 
  • Advised a group of more than 20 subsidized housing tenants threatened with eviction by their bankrupt landlord. Working with a coalition of law firms, city agencies and tenant advocacy groups, secured a precedent-setting win for these low-income tenants that permitted nonprofit Codman Square Neighborhood Development Corporation to purchase two properties from the landlord’s bankruptcy estate, thereby preserving 59 affordable housing units for 50 years. 
  • Represent various advocacy groups in a voting rights dispute in Boston involving whether the City needed to provide transliterated ballots.

• Honors & Awards
  • Member of the team awarded the 2019 Mid-Size Company Transaction of the Year Award at the 31st Annual TMA Turnaround and Transaction Awards for the team’s work on behalf of Gibson Brands, Inc. (See TMA Talks: Ensuring the Future of Gibson Guitars with Andrew Troop and Michelle Damico.)
  • Key member of the team recognized at both the Global M&A Network’s 10th Annual Americas M&A Atlas Awards as the winner of the Americas Restructuring – Small Market award and at the 13th Annual M&A Advisor’s Turnaround Awards in the Restructuring of the Year ($10 million - $25 million) category for the team’s work on an extraordinarily complex chapter 11 restructuring for the Lynnhill Condominium Association.
  • Member of the team awarded the Distressed M&A Deal of the Year (Over $100 million to $1 billion) at the 10th Annual M&A Advisor’s Turnaround Awards for their representation of the Virginia Conservation Legacy Fund in its $860 million acquisition of bankrupt Patriot Coal’s assets.
  • The Legal 500 U.S.
  • Massachusetts Bar Association, Pro Bono Publico Award, April 2017.
  • Nightingale Health Care News, Top 10 Health Care Transaction Lawyers of the Year.
  • IFLR 1000.
• Speaking Engagements
  • “Third Party Releases in Bankruptcy,” ABI Caribbean Symposium, Jan. 24, 2024
  • “Adding Value at the Front End: Applying Tempnology to Pre-Bankruptcy Contractual Planning,” ABI Northeast Bankruptcy Conference, July 15, 2022
  • “A Charitable Exploration of Bankruptcy Issues Affecting Nonprofits,” ABA Business Law Section Hybrid Spring Meeting, April 1, 2022
  • “Mass Tort Update,” American Bankruptcy Institute’s Caribbean Insolvency Symposium, Key Largo, Florida, Feb. 8, 2022
  • “The Resolution of Tort Liabilities Through Bankruptcy,” 20^thAnnual Advanced Restructuring & Plan of Reorganization Conference, the Association of Insolvency & Restructuring Advisors, Nov. 15, 2021
  • “Confronting and Managing Difficult Situations: Leadership in the Time of Crisis,” ABA Business Law Virtual Spring Meeting, April 21, 2021
  • “Real Assets Roundup – Projects/Energy,” Pillsbury webinar, April 15, 2020
  • “Two Hot Bankruptcy Issues: (1) Puerto Rico: Light and Investment Opportunity at the End of the Tunnel? and (2) Coercive Exchange Offers,” Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman Annual CLE Marathon, New York City, May 21, 2019
  • “Client Satisfaction in the Bankruptcy Context: The Practitioners’ Perspective” and “Lessons Learned from Successful and Unsuccessful Bankruptcy Cases: A Practitioners’ Perspective,” Singapore, March 31–April 4, 2019
  • “Cannabis in Canada and the U.S.: From Banking to Bankruptcy,” Vancouver, March 28, 2019
  • “The Future of Gas Gathering, Purchase and Pipeline Transportation Agreements in Texas – A Bankruptcy Debate,” Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman Annual CLE Marathon, Houston, Oct. 18, 2016
  • “Addressing Bankruptcy in the Drafting Process,” Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman Annual CLE Annual Marathon, McLean, Virginia, Sept. 27, 2016
  • "State of the Restructuring Industry," M&A Advisor's 2016 Distressed Investing Summit, Palm Beach, Florida, Jan. 28, 2016
  • “Pro Bono Service on a Board of a Not-for-Profit in Crisis: Fulfilling Your Not-For-Profit’s Mission During Financial Distress,” American Bar Association Business Law Section Annual Meeting, Chicago, Sept. 17, 2015
  • “Keeping Secrets in Bankruptcy: Protecting Your Information When a Counterparty Files,” Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman Annual CLE Marathon, New York City, Feb. 12, 2015
  • “The Mechanics of Prepacks: What Happens Pre-Petition, and How to Make It Stick Post-Petition,” American Bankruptcy Institute’s 21st Annual Northeast Bankruptcy Conference, Stowe, Vermont, July 18, 2014
  • “Healthcare and Nonprofits in Bankruptcy,” American Bar Association Business Law Section Spring Meeting, Las Vegas, March 23, 2012
  • “Managing Legal Relationships,” American Bar Association New Partner and In-House Counsel Conference, Philadelphia, March 3, 2012
  • “Involuntary Petitions: Aggressive Collection Efforts are Good (Faith) Until They Turn Bad (Faith),” Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman Annual CLE Marathon, New York City, March 1, 2012
• Publications
  • “The Role of Private Equity in Healthcare,” American Bankruptcy Institute Journal, June 4, 2026. Coauthor.
  • “When Your Client is Under Investigation: What Bankruptcy Changes—and What It Doesn’t,” The Advocate, May 20, 2026. Coauthor.
  • “Landlords Beware: A Tenant’s Bankruptcy May Limit Your Recovery More than You Think,” client alert, April 13, 2026. Coauthor.
  • “Bankruptcy Court Awards $2.5 Million in Mandatory Indemnification to Director Against Chapter 7 Estate,” client alert, March 10, 2026. Coauthor.
  • “Bankruptcy Court Holds That SAFE Investors May Have Creditor Claims in Chapter 11,” client alert, September 4, 2025. Coauthor.
  • “Emphasizing Administrative Finality, Court Will Not Require the Reissuance of Checks Not Cashed by Prescribed Deadlines,” client alert, December 30, 2024. Author.
  • “Bankruptcy Court Ruling Highlights Important Circuit Split on Assuming Franchise Agreements,” client alert, December 10, 2024. Author.
  • “Recoupment Survives the Discharge Injunction Permitting Dollar-for-Dollar Recovery on a Prepetition Debt,” client alert, April 2, 2024. Coauthor.
  • “The Banking Crisis of 2023: Outlook for the U.S. Banking Sector, Possible Regulatory and Legislative Responses, Lessons for Bank Customers and Management,” April 14, 2023. Coauthor.
  • “Time Approach Applied to Cap Rent Claim in Century 21 Department Stores Bankruptcy Cases,” client alert, February 13, 2023. Coauthor.
  • “Acquiring a Distressed Business in the United States: Key Issues for Prospective Buyers,” client alert, October 20, 2022. Coauthor.
  • “Landmark Ninth Circuit Decision on Post-Petition Interest for Unimpaired Creditors of a Solvent Chapter 11 Debtor,” client alert, September 12, 2022. Coauthor.
  • “Post-Petition Payment for Pre-Petition Delivery of Goods under Section 503(b)(9) Does Not Reduce Creditor’s Subsequent New Value Defense to Preference Lawsuit,” client alert, September 9, 2022. Coauthor.
  • “A Warning to Contract Counterparties: A Debtor Can Sell Your Fully Performed Contract Without Curing Defaults and Paying Your Claim in Full,” client alert, July 7, 2021. Coauthor.
  • “My Brother’s Keeper: When Do Minority Stockholders Risk Being Considered “Controllers” of a Delaware Corporation?,” client alert, July 28, 2020. Coauthor.
  • “CARES Act Expands Eligibility Under the Small Business Reorganization Act: What Distressed Small Businesses and Their Creditors Should Know,” client alert, April 20, 2020. Coauthor.
  • “New York Regulation Defines Required Mortgage Forbearance and Bank Fee Waivers for COVID-19 Financial Hardship,” client alert, March 26, 2020. Coauthor.
  • “New York Bankers Must Consider Forbearance, Other Consumer Protection in Response to COVID-19,” client alert, March 23, 2020. Coauthor.
  • “A Sabine Alternative: Colorado Bankruptcy Court Holds Midstream Gathering Agreement Constitutes Covenant Running with the Land that Cannot be Rejected,” client alert, December 30, 2019. Coauthor.
  • “The Child Victims Act, Exempt – The Financial Magazine for Nonprofit Executives,” October 2019. Coauthor.
  • “Officers’ Duty to Obey Board of Directors’ Instructions Overrides Duty to Provide Information,” client alert, September 20, 2018. Coauthor.
  • “Two Health Care Providers’ Critical—Yet Curious—Search for Bankruptcy Court Jurisdiction,” American Bankruptcy Institute Journal, December 7, 2016. Author.
  • “Don’t Count on the Bankruptcy Code to Preserve Payments from CMS While Closing or Repurposing a Hospital,” LinkedIn, December 1, 2016. Author.
  • “When May Antitrust Not Stop a Health Care Combination? When a Court Decides Other Federal Law May Compel It.,” LinkedIn, July 11, 2016. Author.
  • “New York Bankruptcy Court Authorizes Rejection of Midstream Contracts,” client alert, March 11, 2016. Coauthor.
  • “Can Competition Produce Less for Creditors?,” LinkedIn, December 14, 2015. Author.
  • “Health Care Financing Trends: What Do They Foreshadow?,” American Bankruptcy Institute, November 17, 2014. Author.
  • “In Destabilizing Decision for Secured Lenders, 11th Circuit Reverses TOUSA District Court,” client alert, June 7, 2012. Coauthor.
  • “Issues Facing Patient Care Ombudsmen, American Bankruptcy Institute Journal,” March 28, 2011. Coauthor.
  • “Diagnosing Medical Malpractice Coverage and Treatment in Health Care Chapter 11s: Part I,” American Bankruptcy Institute Journal, August 31, 2010. Author.
  • “Reorganizing with Value but Without Profit (or Equity): Select Confirmation Issues for Nonprofit Entities,” Norton Journal of Bankruptcy Law and Practice, April 1, 2010. Coauthor.