Greg Taylor Email & Phone Number

Ashby & Geddes is best known for its litigation expertise. We litigate in all state and federal courts in Delaware, representing clients ranging from Fortune 500 companies to individuals. In addition to its general litigation practice, Ashby & Geddes has a substantial corporate reorganization and insolvency practice, and we regularly provide transactional and opinion services to local, national, and international clients in connection with the formation of Delaware business entities and the closing of commercial transactions.Ashby & Geddes is rated AV by Martindale-Hubbell, the highest rating available to law firms, and Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers For Business (2006) ranks Ashby & Geddes among the leading firms in Delaware in the areas of bankruptcy/restructuring, Chancery litigation, and intellectual property litigation.The Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware is a nationally recognized jurisdiction in which to reorganize troubled companies. The firm’s bankruptcy and insolvency lawyers have been on the forefront of many of the country’s largest and most complex reorganization cases since 1991. The firm’s bankruptcy and insolvency lawyers take great pride in, and are highly praised for, their responsiveness, substantive knowledge of bankruptcy law, and familiarity with Delaware’s Bankruptcy Court and local practice. The lawyers in the group represent or have represented debtors, creditors’ committees, and other key creditor constituencies in many of the cases filed in Delaware. Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business (2004-2009) praises the firm’s bankruptcy and insolvency practitioners as a “solid, diversified” and “highly regarded” group that is “respected for both its litigation and transactional work.” Clients praise the group for “its sheer level of involvement and immersion in the market” and for “offering holistic and constructive advice that covers the bankruptcy process from every angle.”

Listed skills include Chapter 11, Bankruptcy, Restructuring, Commercial Litigation, and 11 others.

• 

  Partner

  Ashby & Geddes

  Aug 2000 - Present - Wilmington, Delaware

  Greg regularly represents corporate debtors, DIP lenders, creditors’ committees, equity committees, Chapter 11 trustees, and various other creditor constituencies including secured lenders, significant vendors, Directors & Officers, buyers of assets, commercial landlords and personal property lessors. Greg also maintains a bankruptcy litigation practice involving, among other things, preferences, fraudulent transfers, breach of fiduciary duty claims and professional fee disputes. Greg… Show more Greg regularly represents corporate debtors, DIP lenders, creditors’ committees, equity committees, Chapter 11 trustees, and various other creditor constituencies including secured lenders, significant vendors, Directors & Officers, buyers of assets, commercial landlords and personal property lessors. Greg also maintains a bankruptcy litigation practice involving, among other things, preferences, fraudulent transfers, breach of fiduciary duty claims and professional fee disputes. Greg has been recognized in Chambers USA (2021 and 2022) and The Best Lawyers in America (2022) for Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law; as a "Rising Star" by SuperLawyers in Delaware Bankruptcy & Creditor/Debtor Rights (2012-2015); and is rated "Preeminent AV" (the highest rating) by Martindale-Hubble. Greg’s recent lead bankruptcy counsel engagements include: lead counsel to the Debtors in Beauty Brands, LLC and Handy Hardware Wholesale, Inc.; the Plan Administrator of the post-confirmation estates of TerraVia Holdings, Inc.; a national railroad in the chapter 11 cases of M&G USA Corp., Venoco, LLC, GenOn Energy, Inc., and Peabody Energy Corp.; and a significant equity holder in an expedited valuation challenge in the Unitek Global Services case .Greg has also served as Delaware counsel in a number of recent complex bankruptcy cases including the following representative matters: the DIP lender agent and/or senior secured lender in Destination Maternity Corp., Beavex Holding Corp., Avadel Specialty Pharmaceuticals, Inc., The Rockport Company, LLC, Tintri, Inc., M&G USA Corp., Sports Authority, Velocity Holdings Company, Mac Acquisition LLC, Vitamin World, Inc., and American Apparel, Ltd.; the Creditors’ Committees in the Molycorp., Inc., Visteon Corporation, and WL Homes; the Official Retirees Committee in Maxus Energy Corp., the Official Equity Committee in the Washington Mutual and Tri-Valley Corp. cases. Show less