Evelyn J. Meltzer, Esq.

Evelyn J. Meltzer is a partner with Troutman Pepper Hamilton Sanders LLP in Wilmington, Del.,where she focuses her practice on distressed M&A, corporate bankruptcy and creditors’ rights. She has more than 20 years of experience representing sellers and purchasers in distressed M&A transactions, including Article 9 sales, asset sales conducted as part of assignments for the benefit of creditors(ABC), and § 363 sales. Ms. Meltzer has experience guiding corporate debtors, creditors’ committees, secured and unsecured creditors, and others through all aspects of complex chapter 11 and 7 proceedings. She also represents companies and assignees in connection with Delaware assignment for the benefit of creditors (ABC) proceedings in the Delaware Chancery Court. Ms. Meltzer’s clients include both plaintiffs and defendants in bankruptcy-related litigation matters, including avoidance actions. Ms.Meltzer frequently lectures at national conferences on distressed M&A, as well as various bankruptcy and restructuring topics. She is active in numerous professional organizations, including serving as the finance director for the International Women’s Insolvency & Restructuring Confederation (IWIRC), and she co-chairs ABI’s Asset Sales Committee and the Delaware State Bar Association’s Bankruptcy Section Legislative Committee. Her bankruptcy practice has been recognized in Chambers USA: America’sLeading Lawyers for Business and Lawdragon 500 Leading U.S. Bankruptcy & Restructuring Lawyers.Ms. Meltzer is AV-Rated by Martindale-Hubbell. In addition, she received the 2016 Melnik Award for an Exceptional IWIRC Member and is admitted to practice in Pennsylvania and Delaware. Ms. Meltzer received her B.A. in political science from Drew University in 1998 and her J.D. in 2001 from North-western University School of Law.