Matthew Brod

Partner

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New York

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New York, NY US 10001-2163

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Matthew Brod is a partner in the New York office of Milbank and a member of the firm’s Financial Restructuring Group.

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)
  • 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.

Additional Details
Education
  • Duke University School of Law, J.D., 2010
  • Duke University, B.A., 2007
Admissions
  • New York
  • US District Court for the Southern District of New York
  • US District Court for the Eastern District of New York