Peter J. Keane

Peter Keane, resident in the firm’s Delaware office, concentrates his practice on business reorganizations and liquidations, debtor and creditors’ rights, and other insolvency-related matters in many of the largest and most complex bankruptcy cases all around the country. Peter represents clients in a wide variety of industries, including retail, consumer and home goods, food and beverage, aviation, energy, technology, life sciences, pharmaceuticals, healthcare, and manufacturing. Peter has been instrumental in the firm’s representation of Philadelphia Energy Solutions, 24 Hour Fitness, Variant Holding Company, GigaMonster Networks, and Yellow Corporation in their chapter 11 cases; official creditors’ committees in large chapter 11 cases such as Takata Corporation (TK Holdings), Gymboree Group, Wet Seal, LifeCare Hospitals, and Harry & David; and chapter 7 trustees liquidating companies such as Armstrong Flooring, Art Van Furniture, Christmas Tree Shops, and Evergreen International Aviation. Peter has authored articles for the American Bankruptcy Institute, the American Bar Association, and the Journal of Corporate Renewal on a variety of bankruptcy topics, and also wrote book chapters on section 363 sales for several years for the Norton Annual Survey of Bankruptcy Law. Peter was named in the 2024 edition of Best Lawyers in America, was selected as a Delaware Rising Star by Thomson Reuters‘ “Super Lawyers” in 2021 and 2022, was selected in 2019 by M&A Advisor for its 10th Annual Emerging Leaders award, and was part of the 2017 National Conference of Bankruptcy Judges Next Generation Program. Peter holds a bachelor’s degree from the University of Delaware (2004), and a JD from the University of New Hampshire Law School (2008).