Kelley Drye

Attorneys & Professionals 

Benjamin D. Feder

Special Counsel Email vCard
New York
Phone: (212) 808-7974
Fax: (212) 808-7897
Ben Feder is special counsel in the firm's New York office. He focuses his practice on bankruptcy and restructuring matters.

Mr. Feder represents bank lenders, debtors, bondholders, creditors' committees and other parties in interest in all phases of Chapter 11 and other cases under the Bankruptcy Code, in U.S. and foreign workouts, and in out-of-court restructurings. His varied practice often has centered on the representation of secured and unsecured pre-petition bank lenders, debtor-in-possession financing lenders, and purchasers in the acquisition of troubled companies. Mr. Feder has appeared pro hac vice in bankruptcy cases in jurisdictions throughout the United States.

From 1995-1998, Mr. Feder was a founder and principal member of Westchester Brewing Company. He served as a law clerk to the Honorable Cecelia H. Goetz in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of New York.
Representative Experience

Distressed M&A Purchasers
  • Compass Learning
  • Pappas Telecasting
  • Asia Global Crossing (the first acquisition by a Chinese company of assets in a U.S. Chapter 11 case)
  • Pillowtex
  • Stone & Webster
  • Telergy
  • Ambassador Eyewear
  • Broadway Trading
  • Pocket Communications
Debtors
  • A steel manufacturing, processing and distribution company
  • A competitive local exchange carrier and broadband services company
  • A leading manufacturer of carbon and graphite electrodes
  • A large telecommunications company
  • An automobile equipment manufacturer
Pre-Petition Lenders
  • Cabrini Medical Center
  • Radnor Holdings
  • Owens Corning
  • Quality Stores
  • R.H. Macy & Co.
  • Ames Department Stores
  • Al Copeland Enterprises (Popeye's Famous Fried Chicken)
DIP Financing Lenders
  • Niagara Frontier Hockey (Buffalo Sabres)
  • AMF
  • Stage Stores
  • MicroAge
International Restructurings
  • Telewest Communications (UK)
  • Sociedad Commercial del Plata (Argentina)
  • TPI Polene (Thailand)
Other Significant Creditor Representations
  • Visteon Corporation
  • Magna Entertainment Corporation
Memberships & Associations

Turnaround Management Association's The Journal of Corporate Renewal, Editorial Advisory Board, 2011.

Professional Activities

Blog author, Bankruptcy Law Insights

Honors & Awards
Legal Aid Society Pro Bono Award, 2004
Print PDF
Publications
All

July 27, 2011

River Road Decision Vindicates Philadelphia Newspapers Dissent

Daily Bankruptcy Review

Events
All

July 1, 2008

Avoiding Trouble Spots When Structuring a Stalking Horse Bid

American Conference Institute’s Legal and Strategic Forum on Distressed M&A