Andrew D. Shaffer is a Shareholder practicing in Butzel Long’s New York office. He concentrates his practice on bankruptcy and restructuring.
Mr. Shaffer has advised foreign and domestic companies in litigation and bankruptcy matters. He has represented creditors in United States bankruptcy proceedings; proceedings under the Securities Investor Protection Act (SIPA); liquidations under the Federal Deposit Insurance Act (FDIC), the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Improvement Act (FDICIA), and the Financial Institutions Reform, Recovery, and Enforcement Act (FIRREA); and state insurance company conservatorship, receivership, and liquidation proceedings.
Mr. Shaffer has also represented clients on transactional matters, including mergers, acquisitions, entity creation, and the structure of debt instruments. He counsels clients on choice of transactional structures that maximize their legal rights and remedies when an obligor becomes subject to bankruptcy or similar proceedings.
Andrew D. Shaffer is a Shareholder practicing in Butzel Long’s New York office. He concentrates his practice on bankruptcy and restructuring.
Mr. Shaffer has advised foreign and domestic companies in litigation and bankruptcy matters. He has represented creditors in United States bankruptcy proceedings; proceedings under the Securities Investor Protection Act (SIPA); liquidations under the Federal Deposit Insurance Act (FDIC), the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Improvement Act (FDICIA), and the Financial Institutions Reform, Recovery, and Enforcement Act (FIRREA); and state insurance company conservatorship, receivership, and liquidation proceedings.
Mr. Shaffer has also represented clients on transactional matters, including mergers, acquisitions, entity creation, and the structure of debt instruments. He counsels clients on choice of transactional structures that maximize their legal rights and remedies when an obligor becomes subject to bankruptcy or similar proceedings.
Mr. Shaffer’s publications include Bankruptcy Code Safe-Harbor Protections for Parties to Financial Contracts, S&P’s The Review of Banking and Financial Services (Feb. 1, 2006); Bankruptcy Update: Ninth Circuit Approves Retroactive Consolidation, 118 Bank. L.J. 778 (September 2001); and Corporate Fiduciary – Insolvent: the Fiduciary Relationship Your Corporate Law Professor (Should Have) Warned You About, 8 Am. Bankr. Inst. L. Rev. 479 (2000).
Mr. Shaffer is a graduate of Adrian College (B.A., 1994), the University of Dayton School of Law (J.D., 1998); and St. John’s University School of Law (LL.M. in Bankruptcy, 2000). He is admitted to practice before the State of New York and the State of Michigan.
Mr. Shaffer is a member of the American Bankruptcy Institute, the International Association of Insurance Receivers, INSOL International, the American Bar Association (Section of Litigation, Business Law Section, and the Business Law Section Business Bankruptcy Committee), and the New York City Bar Association.