Bio

Eric Schwartz has more than 25 years of experience representing debtors and creditors in insolvency cases and out-of-court restructurings. Prior to his career as an attorney, he was an investment banker for several years. His substantial experience includes assisting clients with complex operational, corporate governance, financial, real estate, pension, intellectual property, tax, labor, purchase/sale and litigation issues. He also has extensive experience in the use of state court proceedings as a restructuring or liquidation alternative, including experience with receiverships, assignments for the benefit of creditors, foreclosures, dissolutions and other alternative court proceedings. His practice focuses on business restructurings, including representing distressed enterprises, advising fiduciaries and managers for distressed enterprises, distressed acquisitions and transactions, distressed financings, debtor and committee representations, representation of large secured and unsecured creditors and related litigation. He has appeared in federal and state courts throughout the United States on a range of bankruptcy and related issues. Eric represents many international clients in insolvency and other proceedings in the United States. He is active internationally in the Insolvency/Bankruptcy Practice Group for TerraLex, a worldwide network of business lawyers, and served as a Director on the American Bankruptcy Institute’s (ABI) International Committee. He also speaks before a variety of professional and business audiences on various restructuring and business topics. He has been recognized as a leading Delaware attorney by Chambers USA, IFLR1000 and The Best Lawyers in America.