Gould + Ratner

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.