Robert J Dehney, Sr.
USA Guide 2024
Band 1 : Bankruptcy/Restructuring
Email address
[email protected]Contact number
302-351-9353Share profile
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About
Provided by Robert J Dehney, Sr.
Practice Areas
For more than 30 years, Rob has focused on corporate restructuring, reorganization and counseling.
Rob’s substantial experience extends to representations of debtors and creditors in all facets of pre- and post-Chapter 11 filings that include out-of-court reorganization and restructuring, acquisitions and complex lending arrangements. He also provides corporate governance, fiduciary duty and strategic advice to boards of directors, special committees and executives.
Rob regularly works with inside and outside counsel, turnaround professionals, crisis management firms, investment and non-investment bank professionals, and debtors-in-possession (DIP) and exit financing lenders.
Rob’s representative engagements span diverse industry segments that include health companies, retail, airline, housing, steel manufacturing, insurance, mortgage brokerage and consumer finance. He has worked on behalf of distressed companies, boards of directors/special committees and/or individual members, and other parties such as official equity committees and ad hoc committees in insolvency-related matters.
Career
Law Clerk to the Honorable Prudence Beatty, US Bankruptcy Judge, Southern District of New York (1990)
Professional Memberships
American Bankruptcy Institute, American Bar Association, Delaware State Bar Association, Turnaround Management Association
Personal
Admissions: Connecticut, New York, Delaware, Pennsylvania
Education
Pace University School of Law
JD
1990
Dickinson College
BA
1987
Chambers Review
USA
Robert Dehney routinely acts on high value mandates such as Chapter 11 proceedings. His client roster includes creditors and distressed companies in the healthcare and energy sectors. He leads the firm's bankruptcy group.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"He is creative, a masterful strategist and very effective in court."
"Robert is both a deal-maker and a litigator, and that is helpful in getting a full picture in strategy. He has a holistic view that sets him apart from other lawyers."
"He is creative, a masterful strategist and very effective in court."
"Robert is both a deal-maker and a litigator, and that is helpful in getting a full picture in strategy. He has a holistic view that sets him apart from other lawyers."