White and Williams Appoints Financial Restructuring and Bankruptcy Practice Group Leadership

White and Williams LLP is proud to announce that Heidi Sorvino, Managing Partner of the Firm’s New York office, has been named as Chair of the Financial Restructuring and Bankruptcy Practice.

“Heidi is well-poised to lead the Financial Restructuring and Bankruptcy Practice with her commitment to our clients. She has distinctive knowledge of many aspects in the restructuring space including both debtor and creditor matters across a number of industries including real estate, healthcare and distressed debt,” commented Thomas Pinney, the Chair of the Firm’s Business Department. 

Heidi is nationally recognized by her clients and peers as a leading lawyer in the practice of financial restructuring and bankruptcy. Upon arriving at the Firm in 2017, she officially launched the Financial Restructuring and Bankruptcy Practice Group in New York, which has demonstrated a strong command of business finance and bankruptcy law through decades of experience counseling clients dealing with distressed debt.

Heidi Sorvino has been named as one of the Leading Bankruptcy and Financial Restructuring lawyers in the United States by Lawdragon for 2023 and 2024 and is AV^® Preeminent rated by the Martindale-Hubbell peer review rating system. Since 2013, she has been recognized for Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law by The Best Lawyers in America^® and is recognized by Super Lawyers as a Top-rated Bankruptcy attorney in New York.

“Eight years ago, I had the enormous pleasure of launching the Financial Restructuring and Bankruptcy Practice Group within the Firm’s New York Office. Since then, I have been a firsthand witness to its growth,” stated Heidi Sorvino. She further stated, “We have an amazing team of attorneys in the practice, who will continue to focus on our clients. I am grateful and proud to take on the leadership of our thriving Practice.”

Heidi is actively involved in the business community and was named Chairperson of the Turnaround Management Association's (TMA) New York City Chapter (2023). She serves on the TMA’s Global Board of Trustees and is the past President of the TMA NYC Chapter (2022) and prior to this served as President Elect (2021). Heidi served as General Counsel of the TMA New York City Chapter, as Co-Chair of the New York Chapter of the International Women's Insolvency and Restructuring Confederation and as a board member of the Ameritrans Capital Corporation.