As a member of the firm’s Financial Restructuring & Creditors’ Rights Group, Katharina focuses her practice on corporate restructurings, bankruptcy, and other insolvency-related matters. She regularly represents debtors, creditors, investors, and other interested parties across various industries in both in-court and out-of-court restructurings, including Chapter 11 and Chapter 7 bankruptcy proceedings.
In addition, Katharina is a member of the firm’s German Practice group, which is part of the firm’s larger international practice and includes attorneys dedicated to serving clients from Germany, Switzerland, and Austria that have business interests in the United States. In that capacity, Katharina counsels clients ranging from new market entrants to established international companies with businesses around the world. In her prior positions, Ms. Earle regularly assisted German businesses in bankruptcy, restructuring, and general corporate matters. Katharina recently earned the INSOL Foundation Certificate in International Insolvency Law, as part of which she studied various insolvency and bankruptcy regimes from around the world, including Germany, England and Wales, Singapore, and Canada.
Katharina currently has the honor of serving on the International Committee of the Turnaround Management Association (TMA), the mission of which is to maximize the global reach and connectivity of TMA and the growth of TMA’s global chapters.
Prior to entering private practice, Katharina served as a law clerk to the Honorable Mary F. Walrath and the Honorable Kevin Gross (ret.) at the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware. For three semesters during law school, Katharina served as an intern to the Honorable Christopher S. Sontchi (ret.) at the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware.
Katharina is a member of TMA, the German American Chamber of Commerce, and the Delaware Bankruptcy American Inn of Court.
Widener University Delaware Law School|Leibniz Universität Hannover – Juristische Fakultät, Germany
J.D.|U.S. J.D. Equivalent
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Judicial law clerk to the Honorable Mary F. Walrath and the Honorable Kevin Gross (ret.), United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware, 2015 – 2016
Judicial intern to the Honorable Christopher S. Sontchi (ret.), United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware, 2014 – 2015
State of Delaware|United States District Court for the District of Delaware
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International Association of Restructuring, Insolvency & Bankruptcy
Professionals, INSOL International Foundation Certification in International Insolvency Law
Turnaround Management Association
Delaware Bankruptcy American Inn of Court
German American Chamber of Commerce, Philadelphia
International Women’ Club of Philadelphia
