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Drew S. Hennigan

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Drew Hennigan focuses his practice on bankruptcy and restructuring matters. He represents debtors, creditors, committees, and other parties in complex Chapter 11 proceedings and related litigation. He counsels clients on cash collateral disputes, free and clear sales under section 363, executory contract assumption and rejection under section 365, claim disallowance, and plan confirmation. Drew leverages his experience on both the debtor and creditor sides, combined with appellate advocacy and judicial clerkship experience, to deliver practical and strategic solutions that help clients navigate distressed situations and achieve efficient and favorable outcomes.

Drew has played key roles in significant matters, including drafting the prevailing brief in a Ninth Circuit Bankruptcy Appellate Panel decision clarifying the scope of § 523(a)(6) discharge exceptions and participating in mediation that successfully eliminated considerable potential exposure for a commercial vendor client in the Bed Bath & Beyond bankruptcy. Clients and colleagues value his thorough research, clear writing, and ability to integrate business realities with legal strategy in high-stakes restructurings.

Drew’s practice is informed by his judicial clerkship with the Honorable Robert D. Drain in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York and his judicial externships with the Honorable Frank R. Alley and the Honorable Thomas M. Renn in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Oregon. He earned an LL.M. in Bankruptcy from St. John’s University School of Law, where he was the Richard Lieb Bankruptcy Scholar and received instruction from renowned New York and Delaware bankruptcy judges as well as prominent New York bankruptcy partners.

Earlier in his career, Drew practiced corporate restructuring at an international law firm, where he substantially contributed to Chapter 11 cases as well as the firm’s representation of the Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors in the Title III reorganization of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico and the Title VI debt adjustment proceedings of Puerto Rico’s Government Development Bank (GDB).