Ms. Mette H. Kurth

Mette H. Kurth is a partner with Pierson Ferdinand LLP in Wilmington, Del., and chairs its Bankruptcy Practice. She focuses her practice on bankruptcy litigation, distressed debt and restructuring, corporate governance, ethics and board advising, creditor and investor representations, debtor/company representations, distressed mergers and acquisitions, and financial sponsor transactions. Named one of the leading bankruptcy and restructuring attorneys in California and Delaware by Chambers USA, Ms. Kurth specializes in confrontational negotiations and challenging situations in her client representations involving sophisticated workouts, restructurings, distressed M&A transactions and bankruptcy matters. She completed the ABI/St. John?s University School of Law Bankruptcy Mediation Training Program in 2018 and now also serves as a mediator. Ms. Kurth previously practiced at various preeminent bankruptcy boutiques and national law firms. Before practicing law, she was a bank liquidation specialist with the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation. Ms. Kurth regularly speaks for industry groups and client programs. She has been deeply involved with the national Turnaround Management Association, having served on its national board of directors and executive committee, as vice president of both Conferences and Communications, and in numerous other national and local leadership positions. She also has served in leadership roles with ABI, the Financial Lawyers Conference, the California Bankruptcy Forum and Los Angeles Bankruptcy Forum, and the International Women?s Insolvency and Restructuring Conference (IWIRC). Ms. Kurth received her B.A. cum laude from Trinity University in 1990 and her J.D. from the University of California, Los Angeles in 1996.

Mette H. Kurth