Andrew Silfen, co-chair of Arent Fox’s Bankruptcy and Financial Restructuring Group, has been elected to the New York Institute of Credit board of trustees. NYIC was founded in 1918 as the New York Chapter of the National Institute of Credit. In 1957 NYIC was granted a charter as an educational corporation by the Board of Regents of the State of New York.

As a nonprofit organization, NYIC bridges the gap between business theory and business practice. The faculty of NYIC consists of educators who are primarily credit executives, accountants or lawyers who appreciate the value of a close alliance of the professions.

Silfen has extensive experience in all aspects of financial restructuring and bankruptcy issues. He represents creditors committees, indenture trustees, noteholders, bondholders, lenders and secured creditors in bankruptcy proceedings, as well as acquirors of and investors in troubled, distressed and bankrupt companies.

About Arent Fox

Arent Fox, a full-service law firm with offices in Washington, D.C., and New York, is recognized as a leader in areas including international trade, intellectual property, real estate, health care/life sciences and litigation. The firm has a wide range of expertise in corporate securities and transactions, financial restructuring and bankruptcy, government relations and regulation, labor and employment law, finance, tax, corporate compliance and the global business market. Arent Fox provides services to Fortune 500 companies, government agencies, trade associations, foreign governments, long-term care facilities, start-up companies and other entities.