Stuart M. Brown is the managing partner of DLA Piper’s Wilmington office and a partner in the Restructuring group.

An accomplished bankruptcy lawyer, his practice encompasses the representation of institutional lenders, investors and business enterprises in diverse matters, including general business, transactions with bankruptcy estates, anti-bankruptcy transactional consultation, bankruptcy litigation, substantive non-consolidation, securitization and servicing and bankruptcy fraud. He also represents traditional and non-traditional funding sources with respect to workouts, claim realization and asset recovery.

He is certified by the American Bankruptcy Board of Certification as a business bankruptcy law specialist. Mr. Brown has been named in Chambers USA: America's Leading Lawyers for Business, which notes, "He is praised by sources as 'a top-notch, tenacious lawyer.'" Mr. Brown is also listed in the Bankruptcy and Creditor-Debtor Rights Law section of The Best Lawyers in America. He regularly participates on panel presentations on bankruptcy law, finance and litigation.

Before joining DLA Piper, Mr. Brown led the Restructuring & Insolvency practice at Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP and was head of its Wilmington office.

Representative Experience

• Represented former Third Circuit Judge Arlin M. Adams, as trustee for the estate of the Foundation for New Era Philanthropy, involving the resolution of $1.5 billion of claims asserted as a result of an international fraud perpetrated on philanthropists and nonprofit organizations
• Retention by agent for syndication of senior secured lenders to workout problem loans through out-of-court restructuring or transition into bankruptcy
• Retention by publicly or privately held equity sponsors of special purpose enterprises or joint ventures to consult in insolvency and insolvency-related litigation resulting from troubled or failed projects
• Retention by strategic or fund purchasers in connection with the acquisition of assets from debtors-in-possession in bankruptcy or other insolvent sellers
• Retention by secured creditor to exercise rights and remedies against borrowers and guarantors under state law including potential bankruptcy or filing of involuntary bankruptcy
• Retention by corporate clients to workout troubled loans