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Andrew V. Alfano, Associate

Andrew V. Alfano

Senior Associate
New York

Senior Associate, New York

T: +1.212.858.1051
T: +1.212.858.1051

Areas of Focus

Andrew Alfano represents debtors and creditors in complex domestic and international bankruptcy and insolvency matters across a variety of industries including aviation, real estate, construction, pharmaceuticals and government contracting.


Andrew has represented debtors, secured and unsecured creditors, ad hoc committees and other parties in major chapter 11 bankruptcy cases nationwide, and foreign liquidators and indenture trustees in cross-border insolvency proceedings and chapter 15 cases. Prior to joining Pillsbury, Andrew clerked for the Hon. Elizabeth S. Stong in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of New York.

Representative Experience

  • Representing the Multi-State Endo Executive Committee, which consists of seven states that act as a steering committee for nearly all states in the U.S. in connection with the chapter 11 bankruptcy of Endo International plc and its affiliates (In re Endo International plc).
  • Representing as U.S. counsel the joint official liquidators of two affiliated Cayman Islands investment funds in their Cayman liquidation proceedings and related chapter 15 proceedings in the United States, including an investigation into the misappropriation of the funds’ assets by their former investment advisor (In re IIG Global Trade Finance Fund Ltd., et al.).
  • Representing the Ad Hoc Group of Non-Consenting States, which consists of 24 states and the District of Columbia, in the chapter 11 bankruptcy of Purdue Pharma and affiliates, a large, complex and first-of-its-kind case (In re: Purdue Pharma L.P.).
  • Represented various aircraft counterparties in the chapter 11 bankruptcies of Avianca Holdings S.A., LATAM Airlines Group S.A. (Latin America’s largest air carrier) and Grupo Aeromexico, S.A.B. de C.V. (Mexico’s second-largest airline) pending in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York after the Coronavirus pandemic grounded flights around the world.
  • Represented government contracting business as debtor in the case of Insignia Technology Services LLC, successfully confirming a chapter 11 plan in less than nine months that restored the viability of the business and saved over 100 jobs (In re: Insignia Technology Services, LLC).
  • Represented Fluor Corporation in a complex contractual dispute with debtor Westinghouse Electric Company with respect to Fluor’s claims for more than $300 million arising from the construction of nuclear power plants in Georgia and South Carolina (In re: Westinghouse Electric Company LLC).
  • Represented debtor Lynnhill Condominium Association in its fourth chapter 11 case in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Maryland, successfully confirming a chapter 11 plan in 49 days after commencement of the case after three prior bankruptcy cases failed (In re: The Condominium Association of the Lynnhill Condominium).
  • Represented indenture trustees in chapter 15 proceedings of OAS S.A. and Aralco filed in conjunction with recuperação judicial proceedings in Brazil.
  • Advise aircraft lenders and lessors in chapter 11 proceedings and out-of-court workouts.
  • Analyze clients’ bankruptcy exposure under agreements with distressed counterparties in the nuclear energy, construction and entertainment industries.
  • Advise clients on retention issues and seeking payment for pre and post-petition services rendered to chapter 11 debtors.

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  • Panelist for “Administrative Expenses Under § 503,” Caribbean Insolvency Symposium, American Bankruptcy Institute, February 8, 2023.
  • Represented debtor Lynnhill Condominium Association in its fourth chapter 11 case in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Maryland, successfully confirming a chapter 11 plan in 49 days after commencement of the case after three prior bankruptcy cases failed (In re: The Condominium Association of the Lynnhill Condominium).
  • Represented indenture trustees in chapter 15 proceedings of OAS S.A. and Aralco filed in conjunction with recuperação judicial proceedings in Brazil.
  • Advise aircraft lenders and lessors in chapter 11 proceedings and out-of-court workouts.
  • Analyze clients’ bankruptcy exposure under agreements with distressed counterparties in the nuclear energy, construction and entertainment industries.
  • Advise clients on retention issues and seeking payment for pre and post-petition services rendered to chapter 11 debtors.

Professional Highlights

  • Member of Pillsbury’s team that won Latin Lawyer’s 2022 “Restructuring Deal of the Year” award for its representation serving as counsel to multiple creditors in the Chapter 11 restructuring of Avianca Holdings S.A., the second-largest airline group in Latin America.
  • Recipient of the City Bar Justice Center’s 2020 Outstanding Pro Bono Service Award
  • Received the Benjamin Weintraub and Alan N. Resnick Bankruptcy Law Award awarded to the graduating student who is most likely to make a significant contribution to the field of bankruptcy law.

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  • Speaking Engagements
    • Panelist for “Administrative Expenses Under § 503,” Caribbean Insolvency Symposium, American Bankruptcy Institute, February 8, 2023.

Education

  • J.D., Hofstra University School of Law, 2016
    Associate Editor, Hofstra Law Review, Volume 44

    B.A., University of Pittsburgh, 2013

Admissions

  • New York

Clerkships

  • Honorable Elizabeth S. Stong in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Eastern District of New York (2016-2017)

Andrew's Insights

Alert 04.10.23

Court of Appeals Finds That Insurers May Not Participate in Bankruptcy Negotiations by Invoking an Insured’s Duty to Cooperate

In rejecting an insurer’s attempt to block confirmation of its insured’s bankruptcy plan, the Fourth Circuit found that an insurer may not interject itself into plan negotiations by invoking the duty to cooperate, nor does the insurer have standing to object to an insured’s “insurance neutral” bankruptcy plan.

Alert 09.09.22

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

An Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals’ decision permits a creditor both to be paid in full under Bankruptcy Code section 503(b)(9) for goods delivered within 20 days before commencement of a bankruptcy case, and to use the delivery of those goods on credit as “subsequent new value” in defense to a trustee’s preference lawsuit.

Article November/December 2021

A Warning to Contract Counterparties: A Debtor Can Sell Your Fully Performed Contract Without Curing Defaults and Paying Your Claim in Full

Source: Pratt’s Journal of Bankruptcy Law

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