Andrew N. Goldman

Andrew Goldman is co-chair of Goodwin’s global Financial Restructuring practice, resident in the New York office. He is comfortable handling bankruptcy-related litigation and corporate issues. Having practiced in the field for more than 30 years, Andrew is a seasoned bankruptcy litigator and counselor whose practical insights and analytical abilities enable him to fashion strategy and form consensus in the most complicated of restructuring environments.

Andrew’s practice is broad ranging, and includes representation of large public company debtors, statutory creditors' committees, DIP lenders, ad hoc committees of bondholders/bank debt holders, acquirers, indenture trustees, credit agreement agents, public company commercial counterparties to debtors, and individual institutional creditors, in both out-of-court workouts and formal restructuring processes (both domestic and cross-border).

• Representing the Diamond Sports Group, a subsidiary of Sinclair Broadcast Group, in a chapter 11 proceeding and related litigation in the US Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas*
• Representing the Diamond Sports Group in its high-profile debt restructuring, including securing an agreement with lenders and creditors for a new $635 million first lien term loan credit facility*
• Representing The Walt Disney Company in connection with the chapter 11 cases of Cineworld/Regal Cinemas*
• Representing The Walt Disney Company in connection with the chapter 11 case of iPic Theatres*
• Representing The Walt Disney Company in connection with the chapter 11 case of Village Roadshow*
• Representing The Walt Disney Company in connection with the chapter 11 case of Party City*
• Representing The Walt Disney Company in connection with the chapter 11 case of Cumulus Media*
• Representing The Walt Disney Company in connection with the chapter 11 cases of Rubie’s Costume Company, Inc.*
• Representing The Walt Disney Company in connection with the chapter 11 cases of Frontier Communications Corp.*
• Representing The Walt Disney Company in connection with the chapter 11 cases of Forever 21, Inc.*
• Representing The Walt Disney Company in connection with the chapter 11 cases of J.C. Penney Company, Inc.*
• Representing The Walt Disney Company in connection with the chapter 11 cases of Cinemex Holdings USA, Inc.*
• Representing Cygnus Capital in connection with the chapter 11 case of Office Properties Income Trust*
• Representing Wilmington Savings Loan Society as agent bank to Betterment Holdings*
• Representing Wilmington Savings Loan Society as agent bank to Serta Simmons Bedding*
• Representing Wilmington Savings Loan Society as loan agent to VIP Cinemas*
• Representing Wilmington Savings Loan Society as agent bank to the Archdiocese of Rockville Center*
• Representing Wilmington Savings Loan Society as agent bank to Homer City Power Generation*
• Representing Wilmington Savings Loan Society as agent bank to PREIT*
• Representing Wilmington Trust in connection with the chapter 11 case of Tricolor Holdings*
• Representing Wilmington Savings Fund Society, FSB, as second lien indenture trustee in the chapter 11 cases of Endo International plc*
• Representing Wilmington Savings Fund Society, FSB, as DIP agent, prepetition first lien agent, and prepetition second lien agent in the chapter 11 cases of Pennsylvania Real Estate Investment Trust*
• Representing Wilmington Savings Fund Society, FSB, as prepetition administrative and collateral agent and DIP administrative and collateral agent, in connection with the chapter 11 cases of Akorn, Inc.*
• Representing Wilmington Savings Fund Society, as first lien administrative and collateral agent and DIP administrative and collateral agent, in connection with the chapter 11 cases of VIP Cinema Holdings, Inc.*
• Representing GLAS USA LLC, as DIP administrative agent, and GLAS Americas LLC, as DIP collateral agent, in connection with the chapter 11 cases Quorum Health Corporation*
• Representing GLAS Trust Company LLC, as superpriority agent, GLAS USA LLC, as DIP administrative agent, and GLAS Americas LLC, as DIP collateral agent, in connection with the chapter 11 cases of Murray Energy Holdings Co., including in connection with litigation seeking to invalidate the obligations owing to the superpriority lenders*
• Representing Wilmington Savings Fund Society, as indenture trustee, in connection with issuance of Senior PIK Toggle Notes by Global Aircraft Leasing Co., Ltd.*
• Representing GLAS Trust Company LLC, as indenture trustee, in connection with convertible notes to be issued by Aegerion Pharmaceuticals*
• Representing National Holdings Corporation and its subsidiary, and its board of directors, in connection with the defense of federal court litigation brought by a former officer*
• Representing The Walt Disney Company in connection with the chapter 22 cases of Relativity Media*
• Representing The Walt Disney Company in connection with the chapter 11 cases of The Weinstein Companies*
• Representing Wilmington Savings Fund Society, in its capacity as successor agent, in connection with out of court financing provided to Westmoreland Coal Company*
• Representing Wilmington Trust, in its capacity as indenture trustee for the senior secured notes issued by Cobalt International Energy*
• Representing Ad Hoc Committee of GMH Rollover Notes issued by Interface Security Solutions*
• Representing Wilmington Savings Fund Society as Successor Trustee and Collateral Agent for the 10.5% Senior Secured Notes issued by Avaya, Inc.*
• Representing GLAS USA as successor Credit Agreement Agent for the $2 billion PIK Loan issued by Ecobat and EB Holdings*
• Representing Euroclear Bank NA/SV in its capacity as clearing agent for various tranches of bonds issued by Petroleos de Venezuela, SA (“PDVSA”)*
• Representing Euroclear Bank NA/SV in its capacity as clearing agent for various tranches of sovereign bonds issued by the Republic of Argentina in SDNY litigation and related matters*
• Representing Newfound Research LLC in connection with fraudulent conveyance litigation commenced by the Liquidating Trustee of F-Squared Investment Management*
• Representing former reporters of Gawker Media in connection with Gawker's chapter 11 proceedings*
• Representing GoldenTree Asset Management in connection with secured loan facility provided to SFX Entertainment*
• Representing Cross Sound and Pentwater, as holders of bond debt, in connection with the chapter 11 proceedings of Venoco, Inc.*
• Representing Wilmington Trust, in its capacity as indenture trustee for the 9.5% senior secured notes issued by Essar Steel Algoma, Inc.*
• Representing Delaware Trust, in its capacity as indenture trustee for the 8.75% second priority senior secured notes issued by Verso Corporation*
• Representing Wilmington Trust, in its capacity as indenture trustee for the 5% guaranteed convertible senior secured notes issued by SunEdison, Inc.*
• Representing MV Transit in connection with its section 363 purchase of certain assets of Coach America*
• Representing Transportation Management Systems in the pending section 363 purchase of certain assets from Coach America*
• Representing the creditors' committee of Altegrity, Inc.*
• Representing the creditors' committee of Getty Petroleum Marketing*
• Representing the second lien lender steering committee of Bicent Power*
• Representing Angelo, Gordon & Co. in Tribune Company Chapter 11 case*
• Representing Bainbridge ZKS in connection with its section 363 acquisition of PCAA Parent Corp.*
• Representing PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP in connection with its section 363 acquisition of the commercial business of BearingPoint Inc.*
• Representing Sinclair Broadcast Group, Inc. in connection with its 2009 tender offer for various tranches of convertible notes*
• Representing Constar International in connection with its prearranged Chapter 11 bankruptcy filing*
• Representing the creditors' committee of Frontier Airlines*
• Representing Technical Olympic S.A. in connection with Technical Olympic USA (TOUSA) Chapter 11 case*
• Representing HELL Gravure Systems in connection with Quebecor's Chapter 11 case*
• Representing Iridium Operating LLC and affiliates in their Chapter 11 cases*
• Representing David Stockman, former CEO, in connection with Collins & Aikman's Chapter 11 case*
• Representing Basic Element, Inc., in connection with Delphi Automotive's Chapter 11 case*
• Representing Primus Telecommunications in various debt transactions and related litigation*  
• Representing Kmart/Sears Holdings in connection with Kmart's post-confirmation wind-down work, as well as in connection with various governmental investigations and corporate/securities advice and counseling*
• Representing Deutsche Lufthansa AG and various subsidiaries thereof (including LSG Sky Chefs and Lufthansa Technik) in various Chapter 11 cases, including United Airlines, Northwest Airlines and Gemini Air Cargo*
• Representing GoldenTree Asset Management in connection with the Argentine restructuring of Supercanal S.A.*
• Representing Radnor Holdings Corporation as special litigation counsel in its Chapter 11 case*
• Representing Credit Suisse (USA) Inc. and various affiliates in connection with the Chapter 7 liquidation of American Business Financial Services, Inc.*
• Representing Broadwing Communications in several telecom cases, including Metromedia Fiber, Teleglobe, Touch America and Allegiance Telecommunications*
• Representing the creditors' committee of Alliance Entertainment in its Chapter 11 case*
• Representing the creditors' committee of Discovery Zone in its Chapter 11 case*
• Representing the creditors' committee of CCR Holdings in its Chapter 11 case*
• Representing the creditors' committee of Glasstech Holdings in its Chapter 11 case*
• Representing Chanin Capital in several Chapter 11 cases, including Adelphia Communications, Atlantic Express, Collins & Aikman, Grove Worldwide, Safety Kleen, Sunbeam, Borden Chemicals, and UPC Polska*
• Representing Saybrook Capital Advisors in connection with the Chapter 11 cases of Galvex Holdings, Ltd. and its subsidiaries*
• Representing the Chapter 7 trustee of Auto-Tech Holdings in its bankruptcy case*
• Representing the Alamo/National Rental Car (ANC) creditors' committee in connection with ANC Rental’s Chapter 11 case*
• Representing PSINet, a large ISP and web-hosting company with approximately $4 billion in debt, in its Chapter 11 case*

Andrew served as an Advisory Board member of VALCON from 2019–2025 and is a frequent speaker and moderator for the organization. He was also selected for the Editorial Advisory Board for Bankruptcy Law360 in 2010–2011. He was previously a member of the Brooklyn Law School Zaretsky Roundtable and has guest lectured in the advanced Business Reorganizations class at Brooklyn Law School. In addition, he is a frequent lecturer on restructuring at The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and the University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School.

Prior to joining Goodwin, Andrew served as Chair of the Bankruptcy and Financial Restructuring practice group at WilmerHale.

• A client interviewed for the 2021 Best Law Firms rankings by U.S. News – Best Lawyers® stated: “Andy Goldman is by far one of the most commercial, straight talking and knowledgeable lawyers I know. A pleasure to work with.”
  • In the 2020 rankings, a client stated: “Andy Goldman is an excellent lawyer. He is very commercial and understands the art of getting to a deal! I highly recommend as a lawyer and as a very strong advocate for his clients!”
  • The 2011–2012 rankings cited a client of Mr. Goldman's as saying he “is the most responsive outside counsel you will ever work with, hands down. Andy Goldman learned our business and was able to foresee issues and craft strategies. We were never a cookie-cutter deal to him.”
• Selected among the Best Lawyers in America for bankruptcy and creditor-debtor rights law and insolvency and reorganization law in 2020–2026 and bankruptcy litigation in 2026.
• Named a "New York Super Lawyer" in Business Bankruptcy (2006–2025).
• Named to Thompson Reuters New York Super Lawyers' list of Top Bankruptcy & Creditor/Debtor Rights Lawyers for 2006–2025.
• Recognized by Chambers USA 2012–2019 for his bankruptcy/restructuring practice.
• Named 2018 Insolvency & Restructuring – Advisor of the Year (USA) by Finance Monthly.
• Selected as a leading insolvency and restructuring attorney in 2014 by Expert Guides.
• Named one of the world's leading lawyers in the ninth and tenth editions of the Guide to the World's Leading Insolvency and Restructuring Lawyers.
• Recipient of the 2011 Top Attorneys In The New York Metro Area award.
• Named one of Legal Times' Top 3% Attorneys in the United States for 2009.
• Named to Continental's "Who's Who" of Lawyers and the Global Directory of Who's Who 2009/2010 edition.
• Named to Euromoney's list of Leading Insolvency and Restructuring Lawyers for 2007 and 2009.
• Recognized in the April 2005 issue of Turnarounds & Workouts as an "outstanding young restructuring lawyer – 2005."

• Speaker, “The Ever-Changing Landscape of Sports Media Properties and Valuation Issues in Chapter 11,” VALCON 2025 (May 2025)
• Speaker, “Proper Structuring on the Front End,” VALCON 2016 (March 2016)
• Speaker, AIRA’s 31^st Annual Bankruptcy & Restructuring Conference (June 2015)
• Panelist, Exploring the Bankruptcy Code Section 503(b)(9) (January 2015)
• Panelist, Bankruptcy and Restructuring: 2014 & Beyond (April 2014)
• Co-Author, “‘Free and Clear’ Has Broad Reach in Bankruptcy Sales,” New York Law Journal (December 2013)
• Author, “The Current State of Chapter 11 Bankruptcy and Restructuring Cases,” Inside the Minds: Chapter 11 Bankruptcy and Restructuring Strategies (December 2012)
• Moderator, “Managing Change Through Activism,” Wharton Private Equity partners: Distressed Investing Symposium (October 2008)
• Speaker, “Valuation Strategies: Impact of Current Economic Conditions on Purchase Price and Payment Structures for Distressed Companies,” American Conference Institute: Distressed M&A Conference (July 2008)
• Speaker, Mergermarket: Global M&A and Debt market Forum (March 2008)
• Speaker, “Hedge Funds and Second Lien Lending,” Brooklyn Law School: Zaretsky Roundtable (October 2007)
• Moderator, “Looking to the Future: The Next Distressed Wave,” Wharton Private Equity Partners Distressed Investing & Special Situation Conference (September 2006)
• Speaker, The Distressed Debt Summit – Risks, Returns and Rewards (October 2005)
• Speaker, “Basics of Bankruptcy Practice,” New York State Bar Association Annual Spring Conference (2004)
• Speaker, “Workshop on Judicial Cooperation Between US and Europe,” New York State Bar Association (2003)
• Speaker, “Emerging Issues in Workouts and Bankruptcies,” Practising Law Institute (2003)
• Speaker, “The Effects of Fraud on Restructurings,” The Association of Insolvency & Restructuring Advisors (2003)
• Speaker, “Valuing Intellectual Property in Bankruptcy,” Practising Law Institute (January 2002)
• Speaker, Securities Law Panel, Practising Law Institute (January 2002)