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.

Select engagements include:

• Summit Behavioral (ad hoc committee of first lien lenders)
• Sinclair (ad hoc committee of lenders)
• SI Group (ad hoc committee of first lien lenders)
• Hornblower (ad hoc committee of first lien lenders)
• Mobileum (ad hoc committee of lenders)
• Ligado Networks (company)
• Ebix (Zinnia, an Eldridge company, in connection with the acquisition of Ebix’s life and annuity assets)
• Petmate (company)
• 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)
• 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 2019-2025, 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.  In 2025, he was named as one of The American Bankruptcy Institute’s “40 Under 40” winners.

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 and the author of Chapter 365, Executory Contracts and Unexpired Leases (in Collier on Bankruptcy) and Chapter 68, Executory Contracts (in Collier Bankruptcy Practice Guide).