Connell Foley launches corporate restructuring & bankruptcy practice with five additions

Opens Wilmington, Delaware office

(Top) Shown from left: Robert Malone, Mark Conlan. (Seated): Brett Theisen, Katharina Earle, Dale Barney

Roseland, NJ — Connell Foley LLP announced the launch of its new Corporate Restructuring & Bankruptcy practice with the addition of partners Robert K. Malone and Brett S. Theisen as co-chairs, along with partners Katharina Earle, Dale E. Barney and Mark Conlan. This team brings decades of experience advising major constituencies in complex corporate reorganizations, restructuring and bankruptcy-related litigation.

As part of the new practice, Connell Foley has opened an office in Wilmington, Delaware, giving clients on-the-ground support through leaders with established ties to the region. Led by partner Earle, the Wilmington office provides clients direct access to United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware, the United States District Court for the District of Delaware and the Delaware Court of Chancery, and enhances the firm’s ability to advise and litigate in courts where many of the country’s most consequential corporate matters are decided.

With more than a century of combined experience, Malone, Theisen, Earle, Barney and Conlan bring technical depth with a practical, business-oriented perspective shaped by work at the highest levels of the market.

Malone previously served as Chair of Gibbons P.C.’s Financial Restructuring and Creditors’ Rights practice for the past year, following his tenure as Chair from July 2019 to January 2025.

Malone has been recognized by leading legal rankings and peer reviewed honors, including Chambers USA (Band 1), Benchmark Litigation’s “Litigation Stars,” The Best Lawyers in America 2026 for Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law and Litigation Bankruptcy.