Andrea Kropp

Associate, New York

Biography

Overview

Andrea is an associate in the Firm's Financial Restructuring and Insolvency Practice, based in the New York office.

Her practice focuses on advising debtors, secured and unsecured creditors, and other parties in interest with respect to complex financial restructurings, both in and out of court. Andrea also has experience advising clients in connection with bankruptcy litigation and other insolvency matters.

Bars and Courts
New York State Bar
Education
Juris Doctor
Duke University School of Law
Bachelor of Arts
University of Southern California
Languages
English

Experience

Talen Energy Supply, LLC*
Represented Talen Energy Supply, LLC ("Talen"), a power generation and infrastructure company in North America, in a Chapter 11 restructuring in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas. As of the petition date, Talen had approximately $5 billion of funded debt.

Washington Prime Group, Inc.*
Represented Washington Prime Group Inc. ("WPG"), an owner, developer, and manager of retail real estate across the U.S., in a prearranged Chapter 11 cases in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas. As of the petition date, WPG had approximately $3.9 billion of funded debt.

Lakeland Tours, LLP*
Represented Lakeland Tours, LLP d/b/a WorldStrides, a provider of educational travel experiences, in a prepackaged Chapter 11 restructuring in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York.

Frontera Generation Holdings LLC*
Represented Frontera Generation Holdings LLC, owner and operator of the only U.S.-based power plant that sells all of its 526MW/year power production to the Mexican wholesale market, in a prearranged Chapter 11 restructuring in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas.

Frontier Communications Corporation*
Represented Frontier Communications Corporation, a U.S. telecommunications company, in a prearranged Chapter 11 restructuring in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York. As of the petition date, Frontier had over $17.5 billion of funded debt.

Whiting Petroleum Corporation*
Represented Whiting Petroluem Corporation, an independent exploration and production company, in a prearranged Chapter 11 restructuring in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas. As of the petition date, WPG had approximately $3.4 billion of funded debt.

PES Holdings, LLC*
Represented PES Holdings, LLC, owner and operator of the largest refinery on the East Coast of the U.S., in a Chapter 11 restructuring in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware.

*Experience prior to joining White & Case.

Publications

Restructuring Italy's New York Law Bonds, Capital Markets Law Journal, Volume 12, Issue 2

Sovereign Bond Contracts:  Flaws in the Public Data? (Co-Author with W. Mark C. Wiedemaier and G. Mitu Gulati), Journal of Financial Regulation, Volume 2, Issue 2