Ana Alfonso is a partner in the Business Reorganization & Restructuring Department. She is known best for representing agents, lender groups, hedge counterparties and structured product investors in debt restructurings, insolvency proceedings, risk mitigation and enforcement strategies. She is a trusted resource for Willkie clients managing exposure across many industries, including oil and gas, power, commodities trading, insurance and reinsurance.
Ana served as the Chair of the Bankruptcy & Corporate Reorganization Committee of the New York City Bar Association (2020-2023) and is a nominee for the City Bar’s Board of Directors. She has been recognized by IFLR 1000, The Legal 500, Lawdragon and Super Lawyers as a leading bankruptcy practitioner. She has served on the bankruptcy editorial advisory board for Law360 since 2016.
Experience
Prior to joining Willkie in 2010, Ms. Alfonso was a partner at Kaye Scholer LLP.
Ana has served on Law360’s Bankruptcy Editorial Advisory Board since 2016. She has spoken on insolvency law on numerous panels, including:
- "PLI Bankruptcy & Reorganizations 2019: Current Developments," 2 Practicing Law Institute (April 2019)
- “Application of U.S. Fed’s QFC Rule on Common Clearing Agreements,” Futures Industry Association Webinar (November 2018)
- "PLI Leveraged Financing 2018: Leveraged Finance Restructuring," Practicing Law Institute (May 2018)
- "PLI Bankruptcy & Reorganizations 2018: Current Developments," Practicing Law Institute (April 2018)
- "Case Study: Restructuring and Intercreditor Issues (Recent Issues in E&C and E&P Workouts)," American College of Investment Counsel Spring Conference (April 2018)
- “Recent Evolution of E&P RBL Financing,” Debtwire Podcast (October 2017)
- “Hot Spots in a Cold Bankruptcy World: Energy and Healthcare Restructurings,” 90th Annual National Conference of Bankruptcy Judges (October 2016)
- “Current Issues in the Energy Sector,” American Bankruptcy Institute, 18th Annual New York City Bankruptcy Conference (May 2016)
- “Issues in Media Restructurings,” AIRA 30th Annual Bankruptcy & Restructuring Conference (June 2014)
- Ana is the co-author of “Tackling Distress in the US Healthcare Sector,” Financier Worldwide Magazine (October 2017), “E&P Financing: RBLs Trend Toward a New Normal,” Turnaround Management Association (September 2017), "Zing VII and the Future of "Bankruptcy-Remote," Asset Securitization Report (November 2011), "Second Circuit Court Of Appeals Holds ‘Gift’ From Secured Creditor To Shareholder Under A Chapter 11 Plan Violates Absolute Priority Rule," Metropolitan Corporate Counsel (April 2011) and "Calyon: Mortgage Loan Investors and Safe Harbors," New York Law Journal (January 31, 2008).
- Counsel for agent and lenders in numerous oil and gas bankruptcy proceedings including Southland Royalty, Ursa Piceance, Fieldwood Energy, Samson Resources, Energy XXI, Goodrich Petroleum and Sabine Energy
- Counsel for agent and lenders in numerous out of court debt restructurings with borrowers in the E&P and midstream provider industries
- Counsel for hedge providers in numerous bankruptcy proceedings including Talen Energy, LATAM, Chesapeake Energy, Philippine Airlines, Rockdale Marcellus, Gulfport Energy, Extraction, Ultra, Just Energy, Nine Point Energy, Jonah Energy, Denbury Resources, EP Energy, PG&E, McDermott International, Panda Temple II and MF Global
- Counsel for individual bank clients with product exposure in numerous bankruptcy proceedings including Carestream Health, LATAM, Ditech, McDermott International and Venoco
- Counsel for agents and major lenders to borrowers in chapter 11 across numerous industries, including engineering and construction (McDermott), marine fuel supply and bunkering (Aegean Marine), coal mining (Patriot), consumer marketing (Vertrue), telecommunications (FairPoint), mortgage lending (American Home), chemicals (Lyondell), oil and gas trading (Sem Group), real estate development (Lehman, Extended Stay Hotels)
- Counsel for insurance companies as cedents to Scottish Re (U.S), a professional reinsurer, in its Delaware rehabilitation proceeding
- Regularly represents financial institutions in connection with hedge terminations, safe harbor advice and other enforcement issues in the derivatives context.
- Served as part of a multidisciplinary team representing a large financial institution client on distressed renewables projects.
Credentials
Education
New York University School of Law, J.D., 1997 Vanderbilt University, B.S., 1994
Bar Admissions
Court Admissions
United States District Court, Eastern District of New York United States District Court, Southern District of New York United States Court of Appeals, 3rd Circuit