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Matthew Kelsey is a partner in the Finance & Restructuring group resident in the firm’s New York office.

Matthew focuses his practice on complex in-court and out-of-court Chapter 11 matters for debtors, ad hoc credit groups, financial institutions, agents and trustees, and official committees. Matthew provides distressed-investing counsel to investment firms, hedge funds, and other financial institutions in a variety of industries, including transportation, real estate, retail, pharmaceutical, infrastructure, finance, shipping, and construction.

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Credentials

J.D., Rutgers University School of Law, with honors, Order of the Coif

B.A., Thomas Aquinas College

New York

Cardinal Kung Academy (Stamford, CT), Board of Directors

Catholic Renewal, Sponsorship Committee

Magnificat Foundation, Board of Directors

Named Leading Restructuring Lawyer


Chambers USA

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Recognition

Named Leading Restructuring Lawyer


Chambers USA

Named Leading Restructuring Lawyer


International Financial Law Review

Received Medal of Excellence


American Bankruptcy Institute

Restructuring Deal of the Year (Brookstone Holdings Chapter 11)


2019

Outstanding Restructuring Lawyer


Turnarounds & Workouts, 2011

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In the News · Source: Law360 Bankruptcy Authority, Daily Report, Bloomberg Law, Global Restructuring Review, The Deal, Global Legal Chronicle, Thomson Reuters Westlaw Today and Attorney at Law Magazine

February 3, 2025
Financial restructuring partners Eric Wise and Matt Kelsey join the firm’s Finance and Restructuring practice group in New York

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News

In the News · Source: Law360 Bankruptcy Authority, Daily Report, Bloomberg Law, Global Restructuring Review, The Deal, Global Legal Chronicle, Thomson Reuters Westlaw Today and Attorney at Law Magazine

February 3, 2025
Financial restructuring partners Eric Wise and Matt Kelsey join the firm’s Finance and Restructuring practice group in New York

View all

News

In the News · Source: Law360 Bankruptcy Authority, Daily Report, Bloomberg Law, Global Restructuring Review, The Deal, Global Legal Chronicle, Thomson Reuters Westlaw Today and Attorney at Law Magazine

February 3, 2025
Financial restructuring partners Eric Wise and Matt Kelsey join the firm’s Finance and Restructuring practice group in New York

View all

Credentials

J.D., Rutgers University School of Law, with honors, Order of the Coif

B.A., Thomas Aquinas College

New York

Cardinal Kung Academy (Stamford, CT), Board of Directors

Catholic Renewal, Sponsorship Committee

Magnificat Foundation, Board of Directors

Named Leading Restructuring Lawyer


Chambers USA

Close

Recognition

Named Leading Restructuring Lawyer


Chambers USA

Named Leading Restructuring Lawyer


International Financial Law Review

Received Medal of Excellence


American Bankruptcy Institute

Restructuring Deal of the Year (Brookstone Holdings Chapter 11)


2019

Outstanding Restructuring Lawyer


Turnarounds & Workouts, 2011