R. Craig Martin, Esq.

R. Craig Martin is the managing partner of DLA Piper LLP’s Wilmington, Del., office and is Global Co-Chair of Restructuring. He has spent his legal career working on complex distressed situations. He has represented numerous parties in a variety of cases, including equity committees, committees of unsecured creditors, bank groups, indenture trustees and debtors. He has also advised purchasers of assets in bankruptcy auctions and court-approved sales and frequently provides bankruptcy-specific advice in complex mergers and acquisition situations involving distressed entities. Mr. Martin has appeared in the bankruptcy courts all across the U.S., but his work frequently focuses on cross-border situations. He has acted as counsel in cases in Canada, Germany, Ireland, Hong Kong, Spain, Bermuda, the Dominican Republic, Africa, the U.K. and Argentina. He has also acted as first-chair litigation counsel in a number of cases involving terms of bond indentures, such as x-clauses, permitted indebtedness clauses and other covenants. Mr. Martin co-authored ABI’s Chapter 15 for Foreign Debtors and is admitted to practice in Delaware, the District of Columbia, New York, Pennsylvania and Texas. He received his B.A. in history from Texas Christian University, his M.Sc. from the University of Edinburgh and his J.D. cum laude from the University of Houston Law Center