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Restructuring (including bankruptcy): corporate

Matt Barr

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Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP

Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP is a leader in debtor-side engagements with an outstanding record in large restructurings and bankruptcies; it has represented clients in six of the ten largest US bankruptcy filings in history. It also takes on a significant number of creditor-side representations and has a large private equity client base that provides a consistent flow of restructuring and bankruptcy matters for portfolio companies. The firm’s large US-based and international teams make it a formidable force in domestic and cross-border cases. While its team is mainly centred in New York, it has a large group in Houston, led by three partners. The firm has a reputation for bringing top practitioners through to the partnership with Chase Bentley and Stephanie Morrison the latest to be promoted in January 2025. Gary Holtzer, Jeffrey Saferstein and Matt Barr are co-chairs of the restructuring department, which includes senior names Ronit Berkovich and Garrett Fail. Gabriel Morgan (‘combines technical bankruptcy knowledge with very strong commercial acumen’) is managing partner of the Houston office and another key member of the restructuring team. Sunny Singh has returned to the firm after a brief stint at Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP, while Ray Schrock, Candace Arthur and Alexander Welch have all recently left the firm. All named individuals are based in New York, unless stated otherwise.
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Position

Co-Chair of Weil's Restructuring Department

Career

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: ad hoc group of term loan lenders in Accuride Corporation; Alacrity Solutions; ad hoc group of noteholders in 2U; Tradesmen International; ad hoc group of convertible noteholders in Cazoo Group Ltd.; Riverstone Holdings LLC, as equity sponsor in Enviva Inc.; 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.

Education

Boston University (B.A.); New York Law School (J.D.).

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Testimonials

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  • ‘The Weil US restructuring team is among the very best in the field. My colleagues and I found them excellent to work with. It almost goes without saying that they are all immensely hardworking, highly responsive and have great technical skills - but what stood out for us was their collegiality, solution-oriented approach and focus on negotiating "hard but fair" at all times.’

  • ‘Gabriel Morgan is a pleasure to work with. He combines technical bankruptcy knowledge with very strong commercial acumen. In addition, his calm demeanour and constructive approach are invaluable in finding common ground with other stakeholders during Chapter 11 and pre-bankruptcy negotiations, when emotions are running high on all sides.’

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