William M. Hildbold

Associate

New York, (212) 336-4063

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Education

George Mason University (B.A., 2002)
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College of William & Mary (J.D., 2008)
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St. John's University School of Law (LL.M., 2009)

Practices

Business Restructuring + Insolvency

Distressed Real Estate

Bar Admissions

New York

Clerkships

U.S. Bankruptcy Court, N.D. Illinois (2009-2010)
Hon. Robert D. Drain, U.S. Bankruptcy Court, S.D. New York (2010-2011)

William “Billy” Hildbold is an associate in the Business Restructuring & Insolvency Group in the New York office of Morrison & Foerster LLP.

Prior to joining Morrison & Foerster, Billy served as a staff law clerk to the bankruptcy judges of the Northern District of Illinois, working primarily with the Honorable Eugene R. Wedoff, and then as a law clerk to the Honorable Robert D. Drain, Bankruptcy Judge for the Southern District of New York.

In 2009, Billy earned his LL.M. in bankruptcy from the St. John’s School of Law. He received his J.D. from the William & Mary School of Law, where he was a member of the moot court team. Billy received his B.A. from George Mason University.

MF Global Holdings Ltd.

(Bankr. S.D.N.Y.) Counsel to Louis J. Freeh, former Federal Judge and former Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, as Chapter 11 Trustee for MF Global in its Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceeding. With $41 billion in assets at the time of filing, MF Global was the largest bankruptcy filing of 2011 and the eighth-largest in U.S. history. This case involves a wind-down of an extremely complex global operation and the realization of value from various entities in the MF Global Group, many of which are in their own administration or liquidation proceedings domestically and internationally.

In re Pinnacle Airlines Corp., et al.

(Bankr. S.D.N.Y.) Representation of the Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors in the Chapter 11 cases of Pinnacle Airlines Corp., et al. Pinnacle Airlines operates as Delta Connection for Delta Airlines, the Debtors’ largest customer and post-petition lender. At the time of filing of their bankruptcy petitions on April 1, 2012, the Debtors had 8,000 employees, over $1 billion in annual revenue and operated over 800 flights a day.

U.S. Subsidiaries of Hampson Industries PLC

Representation of the U.S. operating subsidiaries of Hampson Industries PLC, a U.K. publicly-traded company and global manufacturer and supplier of engineered products to customers in the aerospace and specialist engineering markets, in connection with their out-of-court restructuring and ultimate sale to American Industrial Partners for approximately $44 million.

In re Extended Stay Inc., et al.

(Bankr. S.D.N.Y.) Representation of mezzanine lenders owed $3.3 billion by the Debtors in Extended Stay Inc.'s Chapter 11 bankruptcy case. Extended Stay is the largest bankruptcy filing in the history of the hospitality industry with nearly $8 billion in debt.

In re TMP Directional Marketing LLC, et al.

(Bankr. D. Del.) Representation of the ad hoc committee of unsecured creditors of TMP Directional Marketing in its liquidating prepackaged Chapter 11 bankruptcy. MoFo coordinated and facilitated a unique and novel solution: a prepackaged bankruptcy secured by the vote of trade creditors, who overwhelmingly supported the plan.