Kurt F. Gwynne

Kurt F. Gwynne is the managing partner of the Delaware office of Reed Smith LLP and a member of the firm’s Financial Industry Group, having practiced in the area of Commercial Restructuring & Bankruptcy for more than 25 years. He has served as a court-appointed expert, a court-appointed examiner and a court-appointed trustee in chapter 11 cases. In addition, he has represented indenture trustees, secured creditors, creditors’ committees, debtors and other parties in interest in bankruptcy cases throughout the U.S. and its territories. Mr. Gwynne is a Fellow of the American College of Bankruptcy (23rd Class) and is recognized in Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers as a “Band 1” reorganization/bankruptcy attorney in Delaware. In 2010, he was selected as one of the “10 Most Admired Bankruptcy Attorneys” in the U.S. by Law360. He also is recognized in The Best Lawyers in America and Delaware Super Lawyers. Mr. Gwynne received his B.A. summa cum laude in political science, with a minor in business administration, from the University of Central Florida in 1988 and his J.D. in 1992 from the University of Pennsylvania Law School, where he was a senior editor of the Journal of International Business Law and a winner of Penn’s Edwin R. Keedy Cup Moot Court Competition. Following law school, he clerked for Hon. Bruce Fox of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.