Matthew Brod

Primary Focus & Experience

Mr. Brod’s practice focuses on the representation of debtors and creditors in chapter 11 cases and out-of-court restructurings. Mr. Brod also represents hedge funds and other financial institutions acquiring control positions in financially distressed companies. He has extensive experience negotiating plans of reorganization and structuring debtor-in-possession financing facilities. His engagements have ranged across a wide array of industries, including energy, oil & gas, chemicals, shipping, healthcare, retail, airline, technology, financial services, pharmaceuticals, and satellite.

Recent engagements include:

• Hornblower (ad hoc committee of first lien lenders)
• Ebix (Zinnia, an Eldridge company, in connection with the acquisition of Ebix’s life and annuity assets)
• Anagram (ad hoc committee of noteholders)
• Incora/Wesco (company)
• Shift Technologies (ad hoc committee of noteholders)
• Yellow Corporation (prepetition lender)
• NBG Home (ad hoc committee of lenders)
• Elevate Textiles (company)
• Talen Energy (official committee of unsecured creditors)
• Grupo Aeroméxico (plan sponsors)
• Modernland Overseas Pte. Ltd. (foreign representative)
• Garrett Motion (plan sponsors)
• Grupo HIMA (agent for first lien credit facility)
• Intelsat (official committee of unsecured creditors)
• Noble (ad hoc committee of legacy noteholders)
• UTEX Industries (ad hoc committee of first lien lenders)
• Ligado Networks (company)
• J.Crew Group, Inc. (ad hoc committee of term loan lenders and IPCo noteholders)
• NPC International, Inc. (ad hoc committee of second lien lenders)
• Hexion Holdings LLC (ad hoc committee of crossholder noteholders)
• Windstream Holdings, Inc. (ad hoc committee of second lien noteholders)
• Jones Energy, Inc. (ad hoc committee first lien noteholders)
• Puerto Rico (Ambac Financial Group)
• Transworld Systems Inc. (company)
• Pacific Drilling S.A. (agent for Senior Secured Credit Facility)
• 21st Century Oncology (ad hoc committee of first lien lenders)
• Energy XXI (ad hoc committee of second lien noteholders)
• Midstates Petroleum Company (ad hoc committee of cross-over noteholders)
• Vantage Drilling (ad hoc committee of secured creditors)
• Energy Future Holdings (TCEH DIP agent)
• Fredericks of Hollywood and its affiliates (chapter 11 debtors-in-possession)
• TORM A/S (ad hoc committee of new lenders)
• Eagle Bulk Shipping Inc. (chapter 11 debtor-in-possession)
• Vertis Holdings (agent for term loan lenders)
• American Airlines (ad hoc committee of unsecured creditors)
• Eastman Kodak Company (official committee of unsecured creditors)
• Lehman Brothers Holdings, Inc. (official committee of unsecured creditors)

Recognition & Accomplishments

From 2019-2023, Mr. Brod was included in Benchmark Litigation’s “40 and Under Hot List,” which honors the achievements of the nation’s most accomplished litigators under 40. From 2020-2023, Mr. Brod was named a “Next Generation Partner” in Restructuring (including Bankruptcy) by Legal 500.

Mr. Brod received his J.D., magna cum laude, from Duke University, where he served as an articles & comments editor of the Duke Journal of Constitutional Law & Public Policy. He received his B.A., summa cum laude, also from Duke, where he was a member of Phi Beta Kappa.

Mr. Brod is the co-author of the Lexis Practice Advisor guide on out-of-court corporate restructurings.