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title: Andres  Barajas
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#  Andres Barajas 

Senior Associate

 

 

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 Location  [ New York  ](https://www.kelleydrye.com/locations/new-york)  

 Phone number   (212) 808-7830    

 

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- About
- Experience
 
 Andres Barajas focuses his practice on representing official and ad hoc committees, as well as individual creditors, through every aspect of complex Chapter 11 bankruptcy cases across a broad spectrum of industries, including health care, retail, restaurant, and technology, in both in-court and out-of-court restructurings. Andres leverages valuable insights gained from his extensive experience representing other stakeholders in bankruptcy cases, including debtors, lenders, equity holders, and purchasers of distressed assets, to advocate on behalf of creditor interests.

Andres clerked for Chief Judge Martin Glenn in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York. While in law school, Andres served as a judicial extern for the Honorable Ann. M. Donnelly in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York.

 

  #### Official Committees of Unsecured Creditors

American Signature; Blink Holdings; JOANN.

#### Liquidating and Litigation Trustees/ Plan Administrators

Blink Holdings; BowFlex; Careismatic Brands; Claire’s Holdings; Forever 21; Rite Aid Corporation; Thrasio Holdings.

Representations include: AppHarvest and its affiliated debtors in their chapter 11 cases; Accelerate Diagnostics in its out-of-court restructuring; Mattress Firm and its affiliated debtors in their chapter 11 cases; and Presidio Investment Holdings in its successful purchase of assets sold in bankruptcy.

 

  

 

 

 

 ### Related Services

- [Bankruptcy and Restructuring](https://www.kelleydrye.com/practices/bankruptcy-and-restructuring)
 
 

###   Education  

   Columbia Law School, J.D., 2017     UCLA, M.ED., 2013     UCLA, B.A., 2010     

 

###   Admissions  

   New York   

 

###   Courts  

  U.S. District Court–Southern District of New York