Benchmark Litigation has awarded its 2017 Bankruptcy Lawyer of the Year Award to Andrew Leblanc, managing partner of the Washington, DC office of Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy LLP.
Mr. Leblanc is a member of the firm’s Financial Restructuring and Litigation & Arbitration Groups. His practice focuses on complex commercial litigation, financial restructuring and international arbitration, with a particular focus on contested issues arising in bankruptcy cases. He regularly represents official committees, secured and unsecured creditors, debtors, and bidders in bankruptcy cases, as well as financial institutions as defendants in adversary proceedings brought as part of bankruptcy cases. Mr. Leblanc’s practice is trial-focused, and he regularly appears before bankruptcy, district and appellate courts throughout the country.
Mr. Leblanc’s significant recent representations include lead trial counsel for the ad hoc group of noteholders in the In re Nortel Networks bankruptcy, LightSquared Inc. in its bankruptcy and related litigation, the Refco litigation trustee in claims arising from the bankruptcy of Refco, LLC, the Transeastern defendants in a $500 million fraudulent transfer case in In re TOUSA, the lead lenders in the Texas Rangers bankruptcy, the lead second lien noteholders in the In re DBSD bankruptcy, and Vitro SAB, a Mexican glassmaker that filed a Chapter 15 petition in the United States.
Mr. Leblanc has received many other honors throughout his career. Most recently, he has been recognized as one of the leading lawyers in America for bankruptcy litigation by Chambers USA, Benchmark Litigation and Lawdragon. Benchmark Litigation has additionally recognized Mr. Leblanc as one of the “Top 10 Bankruptcy Practitioners in America.”
