Natalie D. Ramsey is co-chair of the Bankruptcy + Reorganizations group and the partner in charge of our Wilmington and Philadelphia offices. She practices in all areas of domestic and international restructurings, crisis management, financings, acquisitions in distressed situations and asset recovery litigation, often involving challenges to complex corporate transactions.
Natalie is certified by the American Board of Certification accredited by the American Bar Association in Business Bankruptcy and is a Fellow of the American College of Bankruptcy. Robinson+Cole’s Bankruptcy and Reorganizations group was named “Law Firm of the Year” at the M&A Advisor’s 19th Annual Turnaround Awards in 2025.
Natalie's role in creditor committee representations includes the Chapter 11 cases of Bestwall (an affiliate of Georgia Pacific), Alachua Government Services, Inc., Mosaic Companies, LLC, SWC Industries, LLC (formerly Connell Limited Partnership), Mariner Health Central, Inc., et al., Mallinckrodt plc, et al., Presperse (a subsidiary of Sumitomo Corporation), Aldrich Pump/Murray Boiler (affiliates of Trane), DBMP (an affiliate of CertainTeed), Imerys Talc America, et al., Energy Future Holdings, Specialty Products (Bondex), Maremont, NutraQuest and Nutri-System. Among other notable achievements, she led a trial team which obtained a $1.2 billion judgment in a contested estimation trial in the Specialty Products case. Her lead role in company side restructurings includes a large regional real estate developer and the jointly-administered O.W. Bunker USA and O.W. Bunker, N.A. cases, which were awarded the International Restructuring Deal of the Year (Over $500MM to $1B) and Energy Deal of the Year (Over $500MM to $1B) in 2017 by M&A Advisor, a premier network of M&A, Turnaround and Finance professionals. Natalie’s representation of asset purchasers includes serving as counsel to the successful asset purchaser of the e-commerce business of RTW Retailwinds, Inc. (the corporate parent of New Yrok & Company and Fashion to Figure), for which Robinson+Cole was awarded the 2021 E-Commerce Restructuring of the Year honor as part of the Global M&A Network’s 13th Annual Turnaround Atlas Awards.
Natalie is ranked as a “Star Individual” in the field of Bankruptcy/Restructuring by Chambers USA, the highest individual ranking specifically for lawyers recognized for exceptional recommendations in their field, which describes her as “enjoy[ing] a stellar reputation for her work on sophisticated high-value bankruptcy disputes.” Chambers notes that clients say she is "very smart, knows the law inside and out, has superb strategic sense, and is great on her feet... She works extremely hard and is a great tactician with a very deft touch in court.” Natalie was honored as a "Distinguished Leader" by The Legal Intelligencer as part of the 2023 Pennsylvania Legal Awards and named a "Legend Icon" in the ABF Journal's 2022 Industry Icons issue. In addition, she was recognized by LawDragon.com as part of its "500 Leading U.S. Bankruptcy and Restructuring Lawyers" since inception. In 2017, she was named among Turnaround & Workouts ’“Outstanding Restructuring Lawyers of 2017” and in the inaugural class of “Best of the Bar: Philadelphia’s Top Leaders” by the Philadelphia Business Journal.
Natalie serves on the Executive Board of The Riddle HeathCare Foundation of the Main Line Health System and the board of Consumer Bankruptcy Assistance Project, for which she is a former Board Chair. Natalie also serves as a member of the Alfred Lerner College of Business and Economics of the University of Delaware Advisory Board. Previously, she served on the board of Delaware County Habitat for Humanity from 1995 to 2000, and as the Chair of Delaware Valley Habitat for Humanity from 1999 to 2003.
