Matthew O’Donnell

Prior to joining Morgan Lewis, Matthew helped lead the debt finance practice of another national law firm. He previously represented financial institutions for more than 10 years at Luskin, Stern & Eisler LLP, a bankruptcy boutique firm.

• Represented agent for lenders in a $900 million revolving credit facility to a global commodities merchant
• Represented agent for lenders in a $475 million borrowing base facility secured by, among other things, coffee and other commodities located in the United States, Canada, Germany, Belgium, and the Netherlands
• Represented agent for lenders in the restructuring of a $450 million multicurrency project finance facility to the operator of an international airport in South America
• Represented collateral agent for lenders in the workout and then Chapter 11 case of Lincoln Power, the owner of power plants in Illinois
• Represented a financial institution with claims against hedge funds and private equity funds arising out of the termination of master repurchase agreements, including the consensual out-of-court liquidation of securities and the resolution and payment of counterparty claims
• Represented agent for a group of secured lenders and hedge providers in the workout and then Chapter 11 case of Mineral Park, the owner of a copper mine in Arizona
• Represented agent for a group of lenders in the workout and restructuring of a $1.4 billion line of credit secured by shipping vessels registered in Hong Kong and the Marshall Islands
• Represented agent for a group of lenders in the workout and restructuring of an $800 million term loan and revolving credit facility secured by all assets of a national port operator, which included the sale of 50% of the borrower’s equity interests in its largest subsidiary to an international shipping conglomerate and the issuance of more than $175 million of letters of credit to support the borrower’s corporate bond obligations
• Represented agent for a group of lenders in the Chapter 11 case of China Fishery Group and Pacific Andes International Holdings, and the secured lender in a workout and then Chapter 7 case of National Fish and Seafood Inc., a subsidiary of Pacific Andes International Holdings
• Represented agent for a group of lenders in the workout of a $100 million credit facility to an oil and gas exploration company secured by properties in Texas and Wyoming
• Represented a group of financial institutions in connection with commodity hedge agreements with an owner of a partially completed copper mine in Mexico
• Represented agent for lenders in the restructuring of hedge and loan obligations of the Canadian operator of a gold mine in Brazil
• Represented a lender in the successful workout of more than $500 million of term loans to a private jet timeshare company and the negotiation of intercreditor agreements with the borrower’s other senior and subordinated lenders and a purchase option agreement with the borrower’s strategic partner
• Represented a letter-of-credit provider in the restructuring of a facility backing bonds issued by an agency of a financially troubled California municipality, and in the negotiation of amendments to the related reimbursement agreement and bond indenture providing for the pledge of collateral and reduction of the letter-of-credit provider’s exposure
• Represented agent for lenders in a $200 million multicurrency loan facility secured by assets located throughout North and South America