Andrew W. Goldwater represents clients in complex business and financial litigation and arbitration involving distressed debt, foreign exchange, derivatives and securities trading, corporate and partnership law, bankruptcy (including substantial fraudulent conveyance and avoidance claims), and contract and other commercial disputes. The clients that he has represented include hedge funds, asset managers, bondholder groups, and financial services companies, as well as bankruptcy estates, committees, and litigation trusts.

Mr. Goldwater's recent matters have included representation of:

• an investment partnership in a lawsuit against a major broker-dealer arising out of unsettled distressed debt trades;
• funds managed by a well-known hedge fund advisor in lawsuits against major broker-dealers arising out of the dealers' failure to convey the economic benefit of certain Value Recovery Rights;
• a Japanese bank in a lawsuit against an Icelandic bank arising out of an unsettled foreign currency swap;
• the bankruptcy estate of a well known retailer in prosecuting fraudulent conveyance claims against the sponsors of a leveraged buyout;
• a litigation trust successfully prosecuting breach of fiduciary claims against the former majority stockholder of a well-known media company arising out of the stockholder's agreement to restrict the company's financing activities and obtain the company's assistance in connection with the stockholder's issuance of debt securities;
• a major pension fund in successfully prosecuting claims against the issuer of a surety bond in connection with a leveraged lease transaction;
• buyers and sellers of distressed debt and other claims in connection with a variety of disputes involving failed trades, credit agreement and trust indenture issues, and other disputes;
• a well-known asset manager in successfully defending against the Enron bankruptcy estate's effort to disallow and subordinate the manager's claims;
• former directors and officers of a bankrupt manufacturing company in successfully defending against fraudulent conveyance, fiduciary duty, and other claims arising out of pre-bankruptcy asset sales; and
• a real estate company and its principal in successful defense of claims by a foreign contractor accusing our clients of participating in a RICO conspiracy to bribe a government official to terminate unfavorable subcontracts.

Mr. Goldwater graduated magna cum laude from Tufts University in 1978 and received his J.D. degree in 1981 from New York University School of Law, where he was Research Editor of the Moot Court Board. He is a member of the New York City Bar and has served on its Committees on Federal Courts, Federal Legislation, and State Legislation. He is also a member of the Federal Bar Council and the American Bar Association Sections of Litigation and Business Law.