
Michael A. Garza

Texas Tower
845 Texas Avenue
Suite 4700
Houston, Texas 77002

Michael is a senior associate in the Restructuring and Reorganization practice group and is based in the firm’s Houston office. His practice focuses primarily on bankruptcy and financial restructuring matters, including representations of debtors, creditors, investors, and other interested parties in chapter 11 bankruptcies, out-of-court restructurings, and acquisitions. Prior to joining the firm, Michael clerked for The Honorable Brendan L. Shannon of the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware and was a restructuring associate in the New York office of another global law firm.
Michael is a member of the firm’s Associate Advisory Committee and serves as co-lead of the firm’s Hispanic/Latinx Affinity Group.
Experience Highlights
Rockall Energy and its subsidiaries in a chapter 11 sales process in which substantially all of the company’s operating assets were sold to Formentera Partners Fund I, LP pursuant to a prepackaged chapter 11 plan with a dual-track sale and back-stop equitization process that was confirmed within 83 days of commencing the chapter 11 cases
Ad hoc group of member-owner distribution cooperatives of Brazos Electric Power Cooperative, Inc., in connection with Brazos’s chapter 11 case and certain disputes arising in connection with Winter Storm Uri
Jonah Energy in an out-of-court restructuring involving a deleveraging of the company’s balance sheet by approximately $580 million through a rights offering, tender offer, and redemption of non-tendered notes, together with an amended and restated credit agreement of Jonah’s $750 million credit facility
Lilis Energy in an in-court sale process in which substantially all of the company’s operating assets were sold to Ameredev Texas LLC as part of its chapter 11 cases involving approximately $400 million in total liabilities plus the confirmation of a chapter 11 plan in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas
CARBO Ceramics Inc. and certain of its affiliates, who were engaged in the manufacturing of ceramic proppant and other industrial ceramic materials and products, in their chapter 11 bankruptcy cases filed in Houston, Texas; pre-negotiated chapter 11 plan confirmed within 80 days of case filing
Private investment firms including Sixth Street, Riverstone, TPG, and HPS Investment Partners in connection with special situation investments, strategic alternatives, risk mitigation, and liability management transactions
Riverstone Holdings and HPS Investment Partners in connection with the restructuring of Alta Mesa Resources and its subsidiaries involving approximately $862 million of funded debt
An asset management company in connection with its purchase of subrogation claims against PG&E Corp
Riverstone Holdings as sponsor in the prepackaged chapter 11 cases of its portfolio company UTEX Industries, a leading sealant manufacturer
Angelo Gordon as administrative agent for a prepetition secured credit facility and a debtor-in-possession credit facility, and stalking horse bidder and purchaser of certain upstream oil and gas assets in the chapter 11 bankruptcy case of Weatherly, Oil & Gas, LLC
Metalmark Capital in its capacity as an equity owner and counterparty to a tax receivable agreement in connection with Jones Energy’s restructuring and chapter 11 cases
Ad hoc group of holders of, and the indenture trustee for, legacy bonds in the iHeartCommunications, Inc. chapter 11 cases
First-lien lender and purchaser in the La Paloma Generating Company, LLC chapter 11 cases
Agent and lender under a senior secured term loan facility in the Toisa Limited chapter 11 cases
Official committee of unsecured creditors and post-confirmation settlement trust in the Samson Resources Corporation chapter 11 cases
Credentials
- Fordham University School of Law, J.D., 2015
- Rice University, B.A. (Economics), 2012
- Law Clerk to The Honorable Brendan L. Shannon of the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware, 2015-2016
- New York
- Texas
- U.S. District Court for the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York
- U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York
- U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas
- U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas
- Spanish (conversational)
- Deals & CasesFebruary 28, 2023
- Rankings & AwardsSeptember 22, 2021
- Deals & CasesJanuary 6, 2021
- InsightMay 28, 2020