Matt Barr
Global Guide 2024
Band 2 : Bankruptcy/Restructuring
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Provided by Matt Barr
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Co-Chair of Weil’s Restructuring Department and a member of the Firm’s Global Management Committee. Focuses on complex in- and out-of-court restructurings representing debtors, secured and unsecured creditors, bondholders, ad hoc groups, PE funds, acquirers of assets, hedge funds and other institutions. Recent representations include: Talen Energy; Fieldwood Energy; Creditors’ Committee in Cineworld Group PLC; lenders in Covis Pharma; ad hoc group of convertible noteholders in Cazoo Group Ltd.; ad hoc group of creditors in Digicel Group Holdings Limited; RedBox Entertainment; Arcade Beauty; VIVUS; CEC Entertainment (Chuck E. Cheese); Chisholm Oil and Gas Operating; EP Energy Corporation; UTEX; Floatel International; syncreon Group Holdings; CTI Foods; lender to Envision Healthcare; Ad hoc group of holders in Universal Entertainment Corporation; Ad hoc group in Seadrill Limited; Ad hoc group in Nordic Aviation; Ad hoc group in Onyx Centersource; WHP Global (various purchases); Centerbridge Capital Partners as sponsor in CraftWorks bankruptcy; Ad hoc committee of bondholders in Unit Corp.; Talen Energy Marketing, LLC and Talen Energy Supply, LLC as Second Lien Lenders in the NorthEast Gas Generation restructuring; Ad hoc committee of Secured Lenders in Bumble Bee Foods; Bain and THL Partners in iHeart Media; Ad hoc group of Unsecured Lenders in the Sheridan Production II restructuring; HPS Investment Partners, LLC in the Emerge Energy Services LP restructuring; Ad hoc group of Lenders to Uniti Group; and Ad hoc group of Lenders to Cobalt International Energy. Other notable lead representations include: Lightsquared; Fairway; Angelica Corporation; BCBG; Seventy-Seven Energy; China Fishery; Bauer Performance Sports; Gymboree; American Gilsonite; SunEdison; Noranda Aluminum.
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Boston University (B.A.); New York Law School (J.D.).
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