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Matthew D. Struble
Matthew D. Struble
Associate — Restructuring & Reorganization
E: mstruble@velaw.com T: +1.214.220.7800
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Associate — Restructuring & Reorganization

Matthew D. Struble

Matthew D. Struble
Dallas
T: +1.214.220.7800
F: +1.214.999.7800

Trammell Crow Center
2001 Ross Avenue
Suite 3900
Dallas, TX 75201

E: mstruble@velaw.com
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Matthew D. Struble

Matt’s primary area of practice includes all aspects of restructuring and reorganization work, including the representation of debtors, lenders, creditors, and other stakeholders in chapter 11 and out-of-court restructurings. His experience includes chapter 11 reorganization proceedings, bankruptcy litigation, distressed asset acquisitions and divestitures, and corporate workout and restructuring transactions.

Company/Debtor Representations

  • CARBO Ceramics Inc. and certain of its affiliates, who were engaged in the manufacturing of ceramic proppant and other industrial ceramic materials and oilfield products, in their chapter 11 bankruptcy cases filed in Houston, Texas; pre-negotiated chapter 11 plan confirmed within 80 days of case filing

  • California Resources Corporation and certain of its affiliates, as company co-counsel, in their pre-negotiated chapter 11 cases filed in Houston, Texas

  • Cloud Peak Energy, the only pure-play Powder River Basin coal company and the third largest coal company in the United States, in the sale of substantially all its operating assets to Navajo Transitional Energy Company, LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Navajo Nation, as part of its chapter 11 bankruptcy involving approximately $350 million in funded debt and over $750 million in total liabilities

  • Taco Bueno Restaurants in connection with its prepetition debt sale transaction and subsequent prepackaged chapter 11 cases, which involved equitizing $140 million in senior secured debt, transitioning ownership to an affiliate of Sun Holdings, Inc., renegotiating a substantial portion of the company’s lease portfolio, and reaching a global settlement with unsecured creditors in fewer than 45 days

  • Samuel Wyly in the largest chapter 11 personal bankruptcy case for an individual in 20 years; secured a settlement with the SEC; conducted multiple asset sales for the benefit of creditors

  • A special situations investor in its role as lender under $129 million of revolver and multi-draw term loan prepetition and DIP financing provided to a private cinema chain

  • Wells Fargo Bank as Administrative Agent in Oasis Petroleum’s restructuring and prepackaged chapter 11 bankruptcy cases, including a $450 million DIP financing and $575 million exit financing

  • JPMorgan Chase Bank as Administrative agent and lead lender to Tuesday Morning Corporation in a $100 million debtor-in-possession revolving credit facility in connection with its chapter 11 bankruptcy

  • JPMorgan Chase, N.A. in a $1.6 billion secured reserve-based revolving credit facility to Denbury Resources Inc.

  • Represent client as secured lender in $80,000,000 secured facility to upstream producer in restructuring and chapter 11 matters

  • Bank of America as secured lender of $100 million asset-based credit facility in the prenegotiated chapter 11 bankruptcy case of Parker Drilling, and as the post-petition $50 million DIP lender and $100 million Exit facility lender

  • Angelo, Gordon Energy Servicer LLC, as agent to the senior secured lenders in the chapter 11 cases of Rooster Energy Ltd. and it subsidiaries filed in Lafayette, Louisiana

  • Morgan Stanley Capital Group Inc. as a senior secured lender to Trinity River Resources L.P. in its chapter 11 case filed in Austin, Texas

  • National lender in the negotiation and preparation of restructuring support agreement, plan of reorganization, and related bankruptcy pleading and documentation related to financing provided to a wholesale power company; resulted in a settlement and out of court resolution

  • Southwest Airlines as a party in interest in the chapter 11 bankruptcy of Global Eagle Entertainment, a licensor of media and entertainment content

Credentials

  • Law School: University of Pennsylvania Law School, J.D., 2016 (Editor-in-Chief, Journal of Business Law)
  • Undergraduate: Texas A&M University, B.S. Economics & Political Science summa cum laude, 2013
  • Member: State Bar of Texas; Dallas Bar Association; DFW Association of Young Bankruptcy Lawyers
  • Texas
  • U.S. District Courts for the Northern, Eastern, Southern, and Western Districts of Texas and the District of Colorado
  • U.S. Bankruptcy Courts for the Northern, Eastern, Southern, and Western Districts of Texas and the District of Colorado

News & Insights

Deals & Cases
Jonah Energy Announces Closing of Comprehensive Balance Sheet Recapitalization and Equity Raise of $85M
January 6, 2021
Deals & Cases
California Resources Corporation Completes Financial Restructuring
October 28, 2020
Deals & Cases
Court Confirms Chaparral Energy’s Plan of Reorganization
October 1, 2020
Deals & Cases
Oasis Petroleum Enters Into RSA and Consensual Prepackaged Plan to be Implemented Through Voluntary Chapter 11 Process
September 30, 2020