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    Andrew G. Dietderich

    Partner

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    New York

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    dietdericha@sullcrom.com

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    Andy Dietderich is founder and Co-Head of our Global Restructuring Group and one of the leading business restructuring lawyers in the United States. Andy started S&C’s multi-disciplinary restructuring practice in 2008 and has overseen its growth and expansion in response to client demand for higher quality legal services for corporate debtors. The practice is unique among its competitors with respect to its complete integration with the rest of S&C and the use of creative solutions from outside the conventional restructuring toolbox.

    Chambers recognizes Andy as a “strategy genius, who is able to boil down complex concepts into things clients can easily understand.” Andy has been the lead debtor counsel for some of the most significant chapter 11 cases ever filed, including Eastman Kodak and, recently, FTX (digital assets), Kidde-Fenwal (the first “forever chemicals” bankruptcy), SVB Bank (diversified financial institution), Garrett Motion (auto), California Resources Corporation (oil & gas) and LSC Communications (printing). He also helps S&C clients purchase distressed companies (such as Chrysler and General Growth Properties) and execute out-of-court restructurings and rescue sales of every type, including in cases where bankruptcy filings were thought inevitable by other restructuring experts but ultimately avoided.

    Andy was born in rural Oregon and graduated Harvard College and Harvard Law School magna cum laude. He clerked for the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals and has practiced at S&C for his entire career.

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    Andy Dietderich, Jim Bromley and Alexa Kranzley Named Top Dealmakers by The American Lawyer 

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    FTX Emerges from Bankruptcy Under $14+ Billion Plan

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    Experience

    Experience

    Selected Restructuring Matters

    • Kidde-Fenwal, Inc. as debtors counsel in its pending Chapter 11 proceedings
    • SVB Financial Group as debtors counsel in its Chapter 11 proceedings
    • FTX as debtors counsel in its Chapter 11 proceedings
    • PIMCO in the liability management activities of Envision Healthcare
    • The management team of Talen Energy in connection with the company’s chapter 11 cases and strategic plans
    • Garrett Motion Inc. in its strategic review process, resolution of legacy spin-off commitments, liability management activities, sale process, Chapter 11 proceeding, and global reorganization

    • LSC Communications Inc. in its liability management activities, sale process, and Chapter 11 reorganization
    • California Resources Corporation in its competitive recapitalization process, the unwinding of its joint venture for dedicated gas processing and power, and Chapter 11 reorganization
    • American Energy Partners and the estate of Aubrey McClendon in their out-of-court liability management activities and resolution with creditors
    • Eastman Kodak in its strategic review process, carve-out business unit dispositions, intellectual property licensing activities, liability management activities, pension settlements, 135-country global reorganization and Chapter 11 proceeding
    • Pershing Square and Fairholme Funds in the design of a successful take-over defense for General Growth Properties during chapter 11, the creation of an alternative recapitalization proposal involving the re-listing of GGP as a solvent independent company, the spin-off of Howard Hughes Corporation, and the sponsorship of the implementing plan of reorganization
    • QCP, a public REIT, in its strategic review process and the arranged chapter 11 sale of its primary tenant, HCR ManorCare
    • TerraForm Power and TerraForm Global in their successful extraction from the Chapter 11 liquidation of their controlling parent, SunEdison, their disposition to Brookfield Asset Management, and the global settlement of all related litigation
    • MF Global in the distressed unwinding of its book and attempted rescue sale
    • Fiat in the Chapter 11 purchase of Chrysler
    • Chrysler in the Chapter 11 restructurings of Takata and various other important suppliers
    • Philips in the Chapter 11 reorganization of Gibson Brands
    • Ares Management and Teachers’ Private Capital as acquiring sponsors of the reorganization of Simmons and the in-court combination of Simmons with Serta through a Chapter 11 plan of reorganization
    • The official committee of creditors of Energy Future Holdings
    • Lion Capital in its acquisition of John Varvatos Enterprises
    • Primorsk International Shipping in its sale process and Chapter 11 proceeding
    • White Star Petroleum in its sale process and Chapter 11 proceeding
    • Ascent Resources in its prepackaged Chapter 11 recapitalization
    • Pacific Drilling in its out-of-court liability management activities and Chapter 11 filing
    • PMI Group in the negotiated conservatorship of its primary operating subsidiary and subsequent Chapter 11 reorganization
    • Bank lenders in the global reorganizations of Abengoa, CHC Group and other debtors
    • CIT Group as corporate counsel in its prepackaged Chapter 11 reorganization, the largest prepackaged Chapter 11 case ever completed

    Selected Special Situation and Other Matters

    • Multiple multinational companies in the realistic and responsible management of mass tort exposure in the United States
    • Fairholme Capital Management in its investment in The St. Joe Company and related proxy contest
    • Various buyers and sellers in negotiated M&A transactions, including the LBO of Bell Canada Inc. (Canada), the LBO of GMACCH (U.S.), and strategic investments in Telefónica S.A. (Argentina), Globo.com (Brazil) and Gener (Chile)
    • Buyers, sellers, lenders and hedge providers in acquisition financings of all types, including the LBO financings for Harrah’s, Hertz, Neiman Marcus, Transmontaigne, Berry Plastics, Natural Gas Partners, Northeast Utilities and Vornado’s bid for Equity Office Properties
    • Lenders, sponsors or project companies in large project financings, including the runner-up bid for the Pennsylvania Turnpike (U.S.); the new Meadowlands Stadium for the New York Giants (U.S.); the Alaska natural gas pipeline (U.S. and Canada); the Bulyanhulu gold mine (Tanzania); the Intersur toll road (Peru); the Veladero gold mine (Argentina); the Merey Sweeny coker project (U.S.); the Cantarell nitrogen injection project (Mexico); the Camisea pipeline (Peru); the EVM and Cabiunas financings (Brazil); and the El Abra copper mine (Chile)
    • The providers and users of rate, currency, commodity and weather derivatives in the context of acquisition financings or restructurings, including JPMorgan, HSBC, J. Aron, Barclays, Merrill Lynch and numerous industrial companies
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    Rankings and Recognitions

    Rankings and Recognitions

    • Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business – recognized in Bankruptcy/Restructuring (2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024)
    • Chambers Global: The World’s Leading Lawyers for Business – recognized in Bankruptcy/Restructuring (2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022)
    • Law360 MVP – Bankruptcy (2011 for General Growth Partners, 2013 for Kodak, 2017 for SunEdison Inc., 2023 for SVB Financial Group, 2024 for FTX)
    • Turnarounds & Workouts – recognized as an Outstanding Restructuring Lawyer (2010, 2011, 2014, 2015)

    • The Legal 500, United States – recognized in Global Offerings (2008, 2009, 2010, 2011) and Corporate Restructuring (2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021)
    • IFLR1000 Highly Regarded (2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021)
    • New York Super Lawyers (2012–2022)
    • Euromoney’s Guide to the World’s Leading Project Finance Lawyers (2006, 2007)
    • The Lawdragon 3000: Leading Lawyers in America (2009–2010)
    • The Lawdragon 500: Leading Lawyers in America – “The 500 Better Than the Best” (finalist, 2007)
    • The Best Lawyers in America (2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025)
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    News

    News

    • S&C Advises Kidde-Fenwal on PFAS Bankruptcy Sale

      April 18, 2024
    • Andy Dietderich Discusses FTX Bankruptcy with Law360

      January 2, 2024
    • Andy Dietderich Discusses Purdue Pharma Bankruptcy Case on John Hopkins’ Public Health on Call Podcast

      October 10, 2023
    • Andy Dietderich Discusses Forum Shopping on Reorg Podcast

      December 6, 2021
    • Andy Dietderich Addresses Mexican Bar Association

      September 30, 2021
    • S&C Leads Garrett Motion Through Successful Chapter 11 Restructuring

      May 12, 2021
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    Publications, Videos and Podcasts

    Publications, Videos and Podcasts

    • S&C Lawyers Contribute to Latin Lawyer: The Guide to Corporate Crisis Management, Fifth Edition

      Books February 1, 2024
    • Andy Dietderich Authors Article on Rethinking the Role of Corporate Directors in Restructurings in The Review of Banking & Financial Services

      Articles January 24, 2023
    • Andy Dietderich and Alexa Kranzley Author Financier Worldwide Article on Helping Multinationals Avoid Financial Distress

      Articles November 9, 2022
    • Andy Dietderich Authors Article for Agenda

      Articles June 24, 2022
    • Andy Dietderich Authors Article on Solvent Debtors for American Bankruptcy Institute

      Articles June 14, 2022
    • Latin Lawyer: The Guide to Corporate Crisis Management, Fourth Edition

      Books December 15, 2021
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    Credentials

    Credentials

    Education

    • Harvard Law School, J.D., 1995
    • Harvard University, A.B., 1991

    Bar Admissions

    • New York

    Clerkships

    • The Honorable Danny J. Boggs, United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit, 1995-1996
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    Related Practices

    Related Practices

    • General Practice
    • Bankruptcy Litigation & Investigations
    • Capital Markets
    • Corporate Governance
    • Energy Transition
    • Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG)
    • India
    • Latin America
    • Mergers & Acquisitions
    • Private Equity
    • Project Development & Finance
    • Restructuring and Special Situations
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