The Delaware office of Eckert Seamans is fully integrated with the firm, both technologically and in practice areas so that the full resources of the firm are available to support our Delaware practice with a particularized emphasis in the following areas:

Bankruptcy

The attorneys in the Delaware office regularly appear in all major bankruptcy cases and adversary proceedings attendant thereto in Delaware (and elsewhere) representing debtors, creditors, creditors committees, purchasers, contract parties, landlords, insurers and others.  Recent representations in Delaware include:

• Goody’s Family Clothing
• Linens ‘N Things
• Midland Foods
• Detergents
• Diamond Auto Glass
• American Home Mortgage
• Fleming, Inc.
• W.R. Grace
• Touch
• Joan Fabrics Corporation
• Aphton Corporation
• The Lovesac Corporation
• Foamex International, Inc.

Litigation

Eckert’s nationwide litigation practice frequently handles complex litigation in Chancery Court, other state courts and the federal courts in Delaware particularly in areas where the firm’s areas of expertise can be brought to bear to obtain desirable results.  Substantive areas include:

• Pension and ERISA
• Corporate Governance and Control and Fiduciary Duty and Shareholder Oppression Disputes
• Books and Records Disputes
• Director and Officer Liability
• Intellectual Property
• Environmental
• Employment
• Contract and Commercial Disputes including Uniform Commercial Code matters
• Products Liability, Construction Litigation and other Defense
• International Contract Disputes

Corporate

Recognizing the premier place that Delaware holds in corporate transactions, the office supports all Delaware aspects of the firm’s Corporate and Real Estate practices including:

• Corporate Formation and Restructuring
• Financings and Structured Transactions
• Opinion Letters on a variety of topics
• Governance Matters and Advice on Officer and Director Duties
• General Corporate Advice