Amanda Darwin represents indenture trustees, issuers and bondholders in structured financing arrangements and corporate and municipal debt. She focuses her practice on financial restructuring, liquidations and redemptions to assist fiduciaries in maximizing recoveries for stakeholders.
I practice in banking and finance, focusing on financial institutions acting as fiduciaries in the capital markets. My experience includes corporate debt, municipal debt and complex structured financing arrangements, including CDO, CLO, ABS, RMBS and hedge transactions.
In the area of distressed corporate and municipal debt, I have represented indenture trustees, administrative agents and bondholders in some of the largest bankruptcy cases of the last 20 years, actively participating on creditors committees and ad hoc committees of secured creditors.
In the area of structured defaults, I represent indenture trustees and hedge counterparties in the wind-down of complex financing arrangements, whether through redemption or liquidation, to maximize recoveries for noteholders.
In the area of mortgage-backed securities, I assist trustees in managing risk by offering a broad range of services to monitor claims and litigation and to respond to civil and governmental subpoenas.
I also actively participate in firm management as one of its Loss Prevention partners. I am also active in the firm’s diversity initiative and its pro bono practice.
As the threat COVID-19 paralyzes our communities and our economy, we return to the fundamentals of the health and safety of our family and friends. As corporate revenues slump and the markets react to the uncertainty of these difficult times, I am focused on helping clients navigate through this changed environment, while mitigating the risks that these challenging conditions bring.
Have counseled and advised indenture trustees in over 75 bankruptcy cases acting on behalf of holders of both unsecured and secured indebtedness, including in the largest bankruptcy cases filed in the United States.
Reuters Legal | August 11, 2020
This article, covering the Second Circuit’s rejection of Lehman Brothers’ effort to claw back $1 billion, mentions NP for the work of Global Finance partner Amanda Darwin (Boston), and Financial Restructuring & Bankruptcy partner Rick Pedone (Boston) and counsel Chris Desiderio (New York) in representing the noteholders.
Law360 | August 11, 2020
This article, covering the Second Circuit’s rejection of Lehman Brothers’ effort to claw back $1 billion, mentions NP for the work of Global Finance partner Amanda Darwin (Boston), and Financial Restructuring & Bankruptcy partner Rick Pedone (Boston) and counsel Chris Desiderio (New York) in representing the noteholders.
Boston University School of Law, J.D.
Duke University, B.A., cum laude
Massachusetts
New York
Tennessee
Amanda was selected, through a peer-review survey, for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America© 2021 in the field of Banking and Finance Law. Amanda has been listed in Best Lawyers since 2019.
Amanda was recognized in 2014 and in previous years as a “Massachusetts Super Lawyer” by the publishers of Super Lawyers magazine. Inclusion in Super Lawyers is based on a peer-review survey. Amanda also has received an AV Preeminent® Peer Review RatingTM from Martindale Hubbell®, the highest possible rating for ethics and legal ability, and is listed in Martindale-Hubbell’s 2012 Bar Register of Preeminent Women Lawyers™, a list of women attorneys who have achieved this rating. She was also ranked first place on the list of the most active lawyers to bondholders of bankrupt companies by The Deal in December 2005.
Amanda Darwin is a member of the American Bankruptcy Institute, the American Bar Association, the Boston Bar Association, the International Women’s Insolvency and Restructuring Federation, and INSOL International.