Mr. Keane represents clients in complex restructurings and financially-distressed situations, including debtors, secured lenders, creditors’ committees, trustees, asset purchasers, and other significant creditors and parties in interest. He has been involved in some of the largest and most complex bankruptcy cases in the country. His practice focuses on business reorganizations and liquidations, debtor and creditors’ rights, and other insolvency-related matters. Mr. Keane regularly represents clients in a wide variety of industries, including retail, food and beverage, energy, technology, life sciences, healthcare, and manufacturing.
Mr. Keane 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. Mr. Keane is currently the education director for the American Bankruptcy Institute Bankruptcy Litigation Committee, and previously served as the newsletter editor. From 2017 to 2018, Mr. Keane served as a cochair of the Bankruptcy Law Committee for the American Bar Association Young Lawyers Division.
Before joining the firm, Mr. Keane served as a law clerk for two years for the Honorable J. Michael Deasy of the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of New Hampshire. Mr. Keane received his J.D. from the University of New Hampshire Law School and B.A. from the University of Delaware. Mr. Keane is licensed to practice law in Delaware, Pennsylvania, and New Hampshire. He is resident in our Delaware office.
Clerkships
•Judicial law clerk, Judge J. Michael Deasy (Bankr. D.N.H. 2008-2010)
•Judical extern, Judge Jeffrey R. Howard (1st Cir. 2007)
News
•Peter Keane Receives M&A Advisor’s 10th Annual Emerging Leaders Award
June 6, 2019
•Recent Bankruptcy Court Rulings Significantly Impact Supply Chain Issues
PSZJ Bulletin, July 2017
•Peter Keane Selected to Participate in NCBJ Next Generation Program
May 18, 2017
•Delaware Bankruptcy Court Indicates That Directors and Officers of an Insolvent Company May Be Liable for Breaches of Fiduciary Duty for Failing to Provide Timely WARN Act Notice
January 7, 2016
•Pachulski Stang Represents Evergreen Solar in Chapter 11 Case
October 2011
Publicaiton
•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
