Matthew B. McGuire concentrates his practice in the areas of corporate bankruptcy and restructuring. Matt’s practice includes representation of both public and non-public companies during all periods of the pre-bankruptcy planning and chapter 11 reorganization processes. In addition, he represents official and unofficial committees, secured lenders and other secured creditors, indenture trustees and bondholders, significant trade and other unsecured creditors, and asset purchasers in a variety of national bankruptcy cases, mostly in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware.
Matt graduated from the Pennsylvania State University, Dickinson School of Law in 2000. While in law school, he was the Casenote Editor of the Penn State Environmental Law Review and published Muddying the Waters: "Wrongful Profits" as a Measure of Economic Benefit to Violators of the Clean Water Act in the Wake of United States v. Union Township, 9 Dick. J. Env. L. Pol. 361 (2000). He received his B.A. in political science from the University of Delaware in 1997. Following graduation from law school, Matt served as a law clerk to Judge Sarah Sharer Curley, then Chief Judge of the United States bankruptcy Court for the District of Arizona. Matt was an associate at Young Conaway Stargatt & Taylor LLP and Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney PC before joining Landis Rath & Cobb LLP in April 2007.
Matt is admitted to practice by the Supreme Court of Delaware, the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania and the U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware. He is a member of the American Bankruptcy Institute and the Bankruptcy Section of the Delaware State Bar.
Selected Representations |
Chapter 11 Debtors:
CTC Communications Touch America Holdings
Trico Steel Coram Resources Network
Televideo Inc. SweetskinZ Holdings, Inc.
Official and Unofficial Committees:
Devon Mobile Communications Global Power Equipment Group, Inc.
American Mertocomm
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Major Creditors and Other Parties In Interest:
LaGuardia Associates (Indenture Trustee)
PF Papers (asset purchaser) New Century Financial (Warehouse Lender)
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