Andrew Butler represents debtors, creditors, and other parties in financial restructurings, including chapter 11 cases and out-of-court restructurings.
Andrew is currently representing The Roman Catholic Diocese of Rockville Centre, New York in its chapter 11 case in the Southern District of New York Bankruptcy Court.
Andrew successfully represented NII Holdings, Inc. in post-confirmation litigation against AT&T seeking disbursement of escrowed funds following AT&T's purchase of certain assets out of NII's bankruptcy case. Andrew has also represented significant creditor groups in various restructurings, including lenders to syncreon Group B.V. (acted for a group of secured term loan and revolver lenders using an English scheme of arrangement to restructure $985 million of funded debt issued by a U.S.-based global enterprise) and Sungard AS (represented group of secured term loan lenders in restructuring of $1.2 billion of funded debt in a two-day bankruptcy case).
Andrew is an active member of the Federal Bar Council's Bankruptcy Litigation Committee and the Turnaround Management Association.
Prior to joining Jones Day, Andrew served as a judicial law clerk in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware.
Experience
- St. John's University (LL.M. in Bankruptcy 2017); Regent University (J.D. 2016; Lead Articles Editor, Regent University Law Review; Honors Program); Liberty University (B.S. magna cum laude 2013; Honors Program)
- New York and U.S. District Courts for the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York
- Law Clerk to Judge Laurie Selber Silverstein, U.S. Bankruptcy Court, District of Delaware (2017-2018); Intern to Judge Mary Kay Vyskocil, U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Southern District of New York (2016)