Anthony F. Pirraglia

Anthony F. Pirraglia is an attorney in Holland & Knight's Houston and New York offices. Mr. Pirraglia focuses his practice on the areas of business reorganizations and debtors' and creditors' rights.

Mr. Pirraglia's practice also covers a broad range of bankruptcy-related matters across industries such as healthcare, real estate, transportation, retail, manufacturing, oil and gas, and media. He has extensive experience representing Chapter 11 debtors, creditors, creditors' committees and other parties in interest in all aspects of complex corporate restructurings, including out-of-court restructurings and distressed acquisitions.

Representative Experience

• Representing the trustee of an employee stock ownership plan in connection with the Chapter 11 cases of a long-haul cargo airline in the Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware
• Representing a major financial institution in litigation regarding two Cayman Island investment funds that commenced Chapter 15 cases in the Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York
• Represented a major film studio in connection with the Chapter 11 cases of the world’s second-largest cinema chain in the Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas
• Represented the indenture trustee of senior secured notes in the Chapter 11 case of a private limited liability company holding a sixth-generation, ultra-deepwater semi-submersible drilling rig in the Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas
• Represented the indenture trustee of a class of unsecured notes in the Chapter 11 cases of a Chilean financial holding company in the Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware
• Represented a large financial institution as senior secured lender in connection with the prepackaged Chapter 11 cases of an independent oil and gas company focused on growing production and reserves in the core of the Delaware Basin in the Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas
• Represented Approach Resources Inc. and its affiliates in their Chapter 11 cases in the Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas
• Represented a large financial institution as a senior secured lender in connection with the Chapter 11 cases of a high-end lighting designer and manufacturer in the Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York
• Represented a large financial institution as collateral trustee and senior secured lender in connection with the Chapter 11 cases of an independent oil and gas exploration and production company focused on the development of its properties in the Eagle Ford Shale in the Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas
• Represented a continuing care retirement community in connection with the commencement of its Chapter 11 cases in the Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas
• Represented a substantial working interest owner and contract counterparty in connection with the Chapter 11 cases of independent exploration and production company with an oil focused asset base primarily in the Bakken Formation and Three Forks Shale in the Southern District of Texas
• Represented creditor and contract counterparty with senior liens on certain equipment used in seismic data collection in connection with the Chapter 11 cases of Geokinetics Inc., et al.in the Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas
• Represented a larger financial institution in its capacity as senior secured lender in the Chapter 11 case of a cocoa liquor and cocoa butter melting and deodorizing facility in the Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York
• Represented the agent for the primary secured creditors in the Chapter 11 case of III Exploration II LLP in the Bankruptcy Court for the District of Utah
• Represented key employees in connection with the negotiation of employment agreements with Parker Drilling Company in its Chapter 11 case in the Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas
• Represented the bond trustee of a $300 million bond issuance in connection with the Chapter 15 cases of Sanjel (USA) Inc., et al. in the Bankruptcy Court for the Western District of Texas
• Represented the Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors of in the Chapter 11 cases of Relativity Fashion LLC, et al. (Relativity Media) in the Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York
• Represented Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP in its Chapter 11 case in the Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York
• Represented DPH Holdings Corp., et al. (post-confirmation successors to Delphi debtors) in litigation concerning General Motors' funding obligation under the debtors' Chapter 11 plan in the Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York
• Represented the Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors of in the Chapter 11 cases of AMR Corp., et al.(American Airlines) in the Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York
• Represented the acquirer of substantially all assets of Long Beach Medical Center in the Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of New York
• Represented the acquirer of substantially all assets of Sound Shore Medical Center of Westchester, including its hospital and nursing home operations, in the Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York
• Represented a designer discount retailer in its Chapter 11 case in the Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York
• Represented Cabrini Medical Center in its Chapter 11 case in the Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York