Olins, Matt A.
Represented a secured creditor with a more than $52 million claim in the bankruptcy cases of an Illinois homebuilder and its affiliates, and successfully defeated confirmation of the debtors' proposed chapter 11 plan.Obtained confirmation of a secured creditor's contested chapter 11 plan, and denial of the debtor's proposed plan, for a Las Vegas office center.Represented a secured creditor and post-petition lender in a textile manufacturer's chapter 11 case and recovered its approximately $30 million pre-petition claim and its post-petition loan through the sale of debtor's assets.Represented the purchaser in an approximately $80 million competitive bankruptcy sale of the assets of a major chicken producer in chapter 11.Represented a high-end seafood restaurant with sixteen locations located throughout the country in its chapter 11 case.Represented a public company that designed and produced manufacturing equipment for industrial and consumer products in its and its affiliates' chapter 11 cases.Successfully defended a reorganized financial institution against at least $50 million of discharged claims.Represented the court appointed examiner in the chapter 11 case of a major airline.Represented the official committee of unsecured creditors in a chapter 11 case of a large plant nursery and represented the post-confirmation creditor trust in the substantial adversary litigation that followed.Obtained a more than $57 million judgment order of foreclosure and sale on behalf of the lender to a major Chicago area shopping center.Obtained a more than $27 million judgment order of foreclosure and sale on behalf of the lender to a Chicago area office building.Obtained a more than $6.8 million judgment order of foreclosure and sale on behalf of the lender to a Chicago area apartment building.Obtained a more than $1.6 million judgment on behalf of the lender on a personal guaranty of a commercial loan.Obtained a judgment for a defendant in litigation involving a claim for millions of dollars based upon an erroneous joint venture manufacturing theory.Represented the lender in an approximately $50 million financing transaction with a multi-state health care provider.Represented the lender in an approximately $112 million financing automotive business.Represented the lender in an approximately $23.5 million financing transaction with a material testing business.Represented the lender in an approximately $10 million financing transaction with a skilled nursing provider.Represented a bulk freight shipping service business in an approximately $100 million financing transaction.Represented a national banking association in numerous foreclosures and loan workouts involving apartments, condominiums, retail space, office space and undeveloped land in connection with loan portfolios purchased from the FDIC.