Kurt Ramlo is Of Counsel to DLA Piper's Restructuring practice, based in Los Angeles.

He provides restructuring advice to business organizations facing financial distress. His practice includes guiding organizations through out-of-court and chapter 11 reorganizations, as well as related transactions and litigation. He routinely provides advice on structuring cutting-edge transactions on behalf of public and private debtors, foreign representatives, shareholders, plan sponsors, third-party acquirers, secured and unsecured creditors, creditors' committees and post-petition lenders, as well as other restructuring professionals.

A former Assistant United States Attorney, Mr. Ramlo also has extensive trial and commercial litigation experience in bankruptcy and federal district courts.

His representative chapter 11 matters include advising:

• the debtors in NexPrise; Delphi Corporation; Refco; Blue Bird Bus Company (prepackaged plan); Friedman's Jewelers; First Virtual Communications; Kmart Corporation; ZiLOG, Inc. (prepackaged plan); Stone & Webster; Wilshire Center Marketplace (Ambassador Hotel); Washington Group; and Furr's Supermarkets
• the foreign representatives in Flightlease Holdings
• equity stockholders or plan sponsors in Minor Family Hotels; Charter Communications; Crescent Jewelers; Oregon Arena Corporation; Old UGC and Clift Holdings (The Clift Hotel)
• asset purchasers in People's Choice Financial Corporation, Sun World, The Walking Company and iSyndicate
• estate professionals in General Growth Properties and Leap Wireless; and
• creditors in GTS 900 F (Concerto); Cupertino Square; American Home Mortgage; Trump Casinos; Consolidated Freightways; Loral Space & Communications; Leap Wireless; DirecTV Latin American; Northwestern Corporation; Airwalk; Centis; Regal Cinemas; eToys; Excite/At Home Corporation; Paracelsus Healthcare; and Hamakua Sugar Company