William M. O'Connor

Experience

Bill O’Connor serves as the Firm’s New York Office Leader and is also a recognized leader in the special servicing of commercial mortgage backed securities (CMBS) and related aspects of loan workouts. He concentrates his practice on creditors’ rights litigation, loan workouts, loan portfolio sales and acquisitions, rescue financing, bankruptcies, restructurings, ICC arbitrations, international documentary credits, multinational insolvencies and restructurings, and Foreign Sovereign Immunity Act cases. He also has an active international practice involving infrastructure and project finance.

Bill co-leads a team representing leading financial institutions, special servicers, hedge funds, and real estate opportunity funds. He is a founding member and past chairman of the High Yield Distressed Realty Assets (HYDRA) Forum of CREFC, the leading industry trade association for the commercial real estate finance industry.

Named to the Irish Legal 100 by Irish Voice, 2011-2018

Named to New York Metro Super Lawyers^® 2020 by Thomson Reuters

Recognized as Empire State Counsel^® by the New York State Bar Association

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Empire State Counsel^®, New York State Bar Association, 2014-2018
New York Metro Super Lawyers^® by Thomson Reuters (Bankruptcy & Creditor/Debtor Rights: Business, Banking, Securities & Corporate Finance), 2006, 2011-2020
Irish Legal 100 by Irish Voice, 2011-2018
Recognized Attorney, The Legal 500 United States by Legalease (Real Estate and Construction: Real Estate), 2015, 2017-2020

Memberships/Affiliations

Past Editor-in-Chief, Westchester Bar Journal
Member, ABA Advisory Panel
Deputy Supervisor, Town of Pelham Town Board; 1995-2012
President, New York Abbey Theatre Association, Ireland’s National Theatre
Member, New York State Bar Association, Commercial and Federal Litigation Section, Creditors’ Rights Committee
Past Member, Westchester Bar Association, Professional Ethics Committee
Member, Federal Bar Council
Member, CRE Finance Council
Member, Mortgage Bankers Association
Board Member, Galway University Foundation
Member, Trigild
Board Member, St. Patrick’s Day Foundation
Associate Board Member, Fordham International Law Journal Alumni Association
Martindale-Hubbell^® AV^® Preeminent™ Peer Review Rated

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Education

J.D., 1980, Fordham University School of Law; Articles Editor, Fordham International Law Journal; Jessup International Moot Court Team
B.S., 1977, Fordham University

Admissions

New Jersey
New York
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey
U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York
U.S. District Court for the Northern District of New York
U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York
U.S. District Court for the Western District of New York

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