--- title: "The Metropolitan Corporate Counsel Reports on Kelley Drye’s M&A Advisor Award" date: 2014-02-21T00:00:00-05:00 author: Import Bot canonical_url: "https://www.kelleydrye.com/news/the-metropolitan-corporate-counsel-reports-on-kelley-dryes-m-a-advisor-award" section: News --- # The Metropolitan Corporate Counsel Reports on Kelley Drye’s M&A Advisor Award February 21, 2014 *The Metropolitan Corporate Counsel* reported that Kelley Drye was named the winner of the 8th Annual *M&A Advisor* Turnaround Award for the ​“Retail Manufacturing/Distribution Deal of the Year” in connection with the firm’s representation of Royal Appliance Mfg. Co. in its acquisition of substantially all of the assets of vacuum cleaner manufacturer Oreck Corporation and its affiliates, in a sale under Section 363 of the Bankruptcy Code. The Kelley Drye team on this matter included partners [Andrea Calvaruso](/Our-People/Andrea-L-Calvaruso), [Barbara Hoey](/Our-People/Barbara-E-Hoey), special counsel [Ben Feder](/Our-People/Benjamin-Feder) and associate [Levi Downing](/Our-People/Levi-M-Downing). - Share this entry - - - - - [ View entry pdf ](https://s3.amazonaws.com/cdn.kelleydrye.com/content/uploads/pdf-snapshots/the-metropolitan-corporate-counsel-reports-on-kelley-dryes-m-a-advisor-award-20230614100341.pdf) ### Related Services - [Fashion and Retail](https://www.kelleydrye.com/industries/fashion-and-retail) - [Bankruptcy and Restructuring](https://www.kelleydrye.com/practices/bankruptcy-and-restructuring) In the News [ ![](https://d3iuizmsm2hayf.cloudfront.net/content/uploads/Listing-Images/Grymes_Thompson_Christie_L.webp?auto=compress%2Cformat&crop=focalpoint&fit=crop&fp-x=0.5&fp-y=0.5&h=750&q=80&w=1125&s=8cdff8f3f62f20742ddf756217720753) ![](https://d3iuizmsm2hayf.cloudfront.net/content/uploads/Listing-rectangles/In_the_News_Listing.svg) ](https://www.kelleydrye.com/news/christie-thompson-featured-on-abas-trust-and-trade-podcast) July 20, 2026 [ ](https://www.kelleydrye.com/news/christie-thompson-featured-on-abas-trust-and-trade-podcast) In the News [ ![](https://d3iuizmsm2hayf.cloudfront.net/content/uploads/Listing-Images/Mon_Gonzalo_listing.webp?auto=compress%2Cformat&crop=focalpoint&fit=crop&fp-x=0.5&fp-y=0.5&h=750&q=80&w=1125&s=e5cf250ea9912bedfdad33a60aa6fb97) ![](https://d3iuizmsm2hayf.cloudfront.net/content/uploads/Listing-rectangles/In_the_News_Listing.svg) ](https://www.kelleydrye.com/news/gonzalo-mon-quoted-in-politico-on-click-to-cancel-rules) July 17, 2026 [ ](https://www.kelleydrye.com/news/gonzalo-mon-quoted-in-politico-on-click-to-cancel-rules)