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 Everg
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- University of Delaware (B.A. 2004)
- University of New Hampshire School of Law (J.D., magna cum laude, 2008)
Bar and Court Admissions
- Delaware (2010)
- New Hampshire (2010)
- Pennsylvania (2008)
Clerkships
- Judicial law clerk, Judge J. Michael Deasy (Bankr. D.N.H. 2008-2010)
- Judical extern, Judge Jeffrey R. Howard (1st Cir. 2007)
- Chapter 11 debtors: Evergreen Solar, Nebraska Book Company, AFA Foods, Dex One Corporation, Maxcom Telecomunicaciones, Sorenson Communications, EveryWare Global, Fisker Automotive, Delivery Agent, Point Blank Solutions, Highway Technologies, Deb Stores, Cache, Allen Systems Group, Variant Holding Company, A.M. Castle & Co., Patriot National, PES Holdings (Philadelphia Energy Solutions), J&M Sales (Fallas Stores), 24 Hour Fitness
- Counsel to creditors’ committees: Gymboree Group, TK Holdings (Takata Americas), United Road Towing, Haggen Holdings, Wet Seal, Fox & Hound, Orchard Supply Hardware Stores, LifeCare Hospitals, National Envelope Corporation, Emivest Aerospace, CB Holding (Charlie Brown’s Steakhouse), Custom Cable Industries, Coach America, Contract Research Solutions (Cetero Research), Back Yard Burgers, Savient Pharmaceuticals, Buffets Restaurant Holdings, Harry & David
- Counsel to chapter 7 trustees: Carolina Fluids, Ultimate Electronics, Evergreen International Aviation, Global Aviation Holdings, Leading Edge Logistics, Nutroganics, Heritage Home Group, uBiome, Art Van Furniture
- Counsel to creditors or significant parties in: Nortel Networks, Filene’s Basement, Rotech Healthcare, Nirvanix, Physiotherapy Associates, VER Technologies, Imerys Talc America, LTL Management
- Co-chair, American Bankruptcy Institute Bankruptcy Litigation Committee (2020-2022)
- Education director, American Bankruptcy Institute Bankruptcy Litigation Committee (2019-2020)
- Newsletter editor, American Bankruptcy Institute Bankruptcy Litigation Committee (2017-2019)
- Co-chair, American Bar Association Young Lawyers Division Bankruptcy Law Committee (2017-18)
- Turnaround Management Association
- S.D.N.Y. Bankruptcy Court Provides Guidance on Fixture Classification and Valuation ABA Young Lawyers Division Bankruptcy Law Newsletter (Fall 2017), Fall 2017
- Finger Lakes: Scope of Setoff and Recoupment Under Delaware Law American Bankruptcy Institute Journal, April 2017
- Getting Paid to Play: Incentivizing Distressed Investors to Participate in a Sale Process 30 Journal of Corporate Renewal 16 (Jan/Feb 2017)
- “Legalese in Bankruptcy: How to Lose Cases and Alienate Judges,” 28 American Bankruptcy Institute Journal 38 (Dec./Jan. 2010)
- Contributing editor, “Sections 363 and 364—Use, Sale, or Lease of Property and Obtaining Credit,” Norton Annual Survey of Bankruptcy Law
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