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Anson B. Frelinghuysen

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New York City

+1 (212) 837-6208

anson.frelinghuysen@hugheshubbard.com
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Anson B. Frelinghuysen counsels lenders, debtors, and strategic investors at all stages of the restructuring process. Banks call on Anson to protect their interests in troubled investments, and companies rely on Anson’s advice to carry them through a successful restructuring. Anson also works alongside strategic buyers to find value in distressed debt holdings and at bankruptcy auctions in a wide range of sectors.  Anson’s practice includes advising investment firms in connection with bankruptcy matters, corporate activism, and take-private transactions, and he advises companies facing regulatory inquiry.

Anson has resolved various disputes on behalf of the trustee in the Lehman Brothers Inc. and MF Global Inc. bankruptcies, including the resolution of thousands of individual claims, litigation regarding the status of various financial instruments in liquidations, and the distribution of billions in assets to these entities’ former customers and creditors. His representation has brought him into frequent contact with regulators, self-regulatory organizations and industry groups. 

Court Admissions

  • Southern District of New York
  • Eastern District of New York

Selected Press Coverage

  • The Deal Diary: Latest De-SPAC Monday Sees Six Find Partners  https://pipeline.thedeal.com/article/286kaxc6o5b2jz2up7a4g/deal-news/spacs/deal-diary-six-spacs-find-merger-partners-in-de-spac-monday
  • Cyxtera Technologies To Go Public In $3.4B SPAC Merger        https://www.law360.com/articles/1357270
  • Bankruptcy Uptick Likely to Continue   https://pipeline.thedeal.com/article/14778397/index.dl
  • Lehman Judge Approves Deutsche Bank Claim Payout Plan  https://www.law360.com/articles/1057102/lehman-judge-approves-deutsche-bank-claim-payout-plan
  • GulfMark Offshore Gets OK To Poll Creditors On Ch. 11 Plan  https://www.law360.com/articles/938232/gulfmark-offshore-gets-ok-to-poll-creditors-on-ch-11-plan
  • GulfMark Gets Interim Clearance For 'Unusual' DIP Loan  https://www.law360.com/articles/925571/gulfmark-gets-interim-clearance-for-unusual-dip-loan
  • Offshore Oil Marine Services Firm Plans $430M Debt Swap  https://www.law360.com/articles/925081/offshore-oil-marine-services-firm-plans-430m-debt-swap
  • Lehman Brokerage Trustee Seeks OK for $228M Distribution  https://www.law360.com/articles/895415/lehman-brokerage-trustee-seeks-ok-for-228m-distribution

Highlighted Matters

GulfMark Offshore, Inc.

  • Represented secured lender DNB Bank ASA with respect to creditor rights and provision of debtor-in-possession financing to GulfMark Offshore, Inc.
  • Represented DNB Bank ASA and Hayfin Capital Management in connection with the arrangement and provision of exit financing to GulfMark Offshore, Inc.

Patriot National, Inc.

  • Represented the debtor with respect to its obtaining debtor-in-possession financing and with respect to cash management and ongoing business operation issues.

CST Corporation

  • Represented the debtor with respect to its obtaining debtor-in-possession financing and with respect to cash management and ongoing business operation issues.

The Hain Celestial Group, Inc.

  • Represent Hain in connection with its vendor-based claim against Toys “R” Us, Inc.

Gemini Trust Company, Inc.

  • Represent Gemini in connection with various regulatory inquiries.

Starboard Value, L.P.

  • Advise Starboard with respect to activist targets, including advice regarding proxy challenges and take-private opportunities.

A midstream oil and natural gas services provider

  • Represent the company with respect to its strategic expansion opportunities including from distressed competitors and additive enterprises.

Lehman Brothers Inc. (LBI)

  • Led the team that transferred more than $92 billion in property to over 110,000 customers at the start of the LBI liquidation, coordinating among the receiving brokers, clearing organizations and regulators.
  • Led a worldwide effort to marshal LBI assets, navigating local banking and securities regulations, and successfully securing the return of billions in customer and general estate property to the trustee's custody.
  • Member of the investigation team reporting on LBI's collapse, with a particular focus on the role of LBI's clearing houses and custodial and clearing banks worldwide.
  • Resolved, through litigation and settlement, disputed claims pertaining to the creditor status of various LBI counterparties, including with respect to structured and mortgage-backed securities products, repurchase agreements and foreign exchange transactions.
  • Designed and implemented distribution protocols for the satisfaction of customer and general creditor claims, transferring more than $20 billion in property to thousands of customers and general creditors.

MF Global Inc. (MFGI)

  • Designed and implemented the protocol and process to transfer over 27,000 customer accounts with more than $100 billion in notional contract value within days of the collapse of MFGI, coordinating efforts among regulators, self-regulatory organizations, receiving futures commission merchants, former customers and other interested parties.
  • Wound down MFGI's relationships with its clearing houses and banks, navigating the complex rules of each and recovering billions of dollars in property.
  • Litigated the status of letters of credit in a futures commission merchant liquidation, a matter of first impression.
  • Negotiated the settlement of intercompany and omnibus customer claims with several of MFGI's international affiliates.
  • Developed and implemented the trustee's procedures for distributing property to MFGI's former customers and general creditors.
  • Prepared the trustee and other counsel in connection with their testimony before congressional panels regarding MFGI's failure.
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First Circuit Provides Clarity to Puerto Rico Creditors Seeking Relief
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A Retooled General Electric: An Industrial Giant That Is No Longer “Too Big To Fail”
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Risk is in the Eye of the Beholder: Court Reconsiders “Too Big to Fail” Designation of MetLife, Inc.
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Downstream Service Providers Hit a Dry Well: Bankruptcy Court Permits Rejection of Service Contracts in Sabine Oil & Gas
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A Third Party Release in a Confirmed Plan Shields Against Unknown and Nonexistent Claims
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The First Circuit Chooses a “Flexible” Approach to Post-Petition Interest
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Lehman Team to Distribute Final Payout of $269M to Unsecured Creditors; Offer Enhanced Recovery Option to Substantially All Unsecured Creditors
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Firm Leads Isos in $2.6B SPAC Merger With Bowlero
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Litigation Wrap: Third Quarter 2021
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HHR Lehman Team Triumphs in 2nd Circuit Appeal on Compensation Claims
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Hughes Hubbard Advises on Starboard SPAC’s $3.4B Merger With Cyxtera
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HHR Secures Jamaican Client's Release From Immigration Detention
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Hughes Hubbard Promotes Four to Partnership and Ten to Counsel
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Hughes Hubbard’s Lehman Team Achieves Mission Impossible
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Hughes Hubbard's Lehman Team Marks 10th Anniversary
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​Firm Wins Approval of Patriot National's Reorganization Plan
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Firm Advises on Matter Shortlisted for Global Restructuring Review Awards
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Hughes Hubbard Promotes Three to Partnership and Six to Counsel
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​Firm Guides DNB Bank as DIP Lender in GulfMark Bankruptcy
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Bankruptcy Wildcatting: Challenging Midstream Contracts In The Wake of Sabine
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Firm Wins Court Approval to Sell Lehman's Claims Against UK Unit
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MF Global Team Marks Final Chapter in $8.1B Recovery Effort
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Lehman Team Wins Approval for $1.89B Creditor Payout
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MF Global Team Achieves Unprecedented Success
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MF Global Team Wins Approval for 2nd Payout to Creditors
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Lehman Team to Pay Unsecured Creditors Another $2.2B
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​Hughes Hubbard's CRG Named Among Law360 Practice Groups of the Year
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Substantial Early Distribution to MF Global Creditors Approved
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Hughes Hubbard Represents MF Global Inc. Trustee in Motion to Approve Allocation of Customer Property
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Firm Offers Helping Hand to Sandy Victims
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Lehman Trustee Awarded Billions
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Education
  • Brooklyn Law School, J.D., 2007
  • The London School of Economics & Political Science, Msc, 2004
  • Trinity College, B.A., 2002
Bar Admissions
  • New York, 2008
Areas of Focus
Corporate Reorganization & Bankruptcy
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