Mr. Williams is a partner in the New York office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher and is a member of the Business Restructuring and Reorganization Practice Group. He represents financial institutions, creditor groups, committees and debtors in complex restructurings.
Mr. Williams has been consistently ranked among the top Bankruptcy and Restructuring lawyers in New York by Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business for his “exemplary legal skills, superb intelligence and exceptional forward-thinking,” his “winning combination of business acumen and legal expertise,” and “detail-oriented approach.” In 2010, he was recognized as one of twelve “Outstanding Young Restructuring Lawyers” in the nation by Turnaround & Workouts Magazine. That same year, Law360 called him one of the “Rising Stars” in restructuring and “one of the 10 bankruptcy attorneys under 40 to watch.”
Matt has taken a lead role in numerous high profile restructurings and cross-border proceedings including General Motors (Trustee for $23 billion in bonds and Liquidating Trustee administering wind down of estate); General Growth Properties (DIP Lender); Nortel (363 bidder); Trident Resources (Ad Hoc Lender Group and Backstop Party); CIT Group (Trustee for $2 billion in bonds); Ambassadors’ Cruise Group (Secured Lenders and Stalking Horse Purchaser); Loehmann’s Department Stores (Secured Lender, DIP Lender and Plan Sponsor); Vitesse Semiconductor (Ad Hoc Noteholder Group); Dana Corporation (Official Creditors’ Committee); Footstar Corporation (Official Equity Committee); and Leap Wireless (Official Creditors’ Committee). In addition, Matt has written numerous articles discussing debt recharacterization, purchasing claims in distressed companies and issues involving official committees. He is the author of a book chapter regarding international insolvency and Chapter 15 of the Bankruptcy Code, and his insights on bankruptcy and business issues have been frequently cited in numerous publications and by numerous organizations, including the Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg Business News, Law 360 and others.
Matt received his Juris Doctor, with high honors, from Rutgers University School of Law. He obtained his Bachelor of Arts degree from the College of New Jersey, cum laude. Mr. Williams clerked for the Honorable Francis G. Conrad, in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court, District of Vermont, following law school. He is admitted to practice law in New York.
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U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York