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Martin Beeler is resident in our New York office. His practice focuses on bankruptcy, restructuring, and debtor-creditor rights, and includes both transactional and bankruptcy litigation matters. His clients have included debtors, creditors, secured and unsecured lenders, debtor-in-possession lenders, creditors’ committees, equity holders, chapter 11 trustees, and indenture trustees on defaulted securities. Mr. Beeler also practices in the areas of mergers & acquisitions and secured finance.
Representative Matters
- Wilmington Trust Company as indenture trustee for $48 billion of bonds issued by Lehman Brothers Holding Inc. and as co-chair of the official creditors' committee in the Lehman Brothers Chapter 11 case.
- Calyon New York Branch as syndicate agent for senior secured and DIP lenders in the chapter 11 case of Southaven Power, LLC, and in connection with other troubled project financings.
- Isuzu Motors Company in connection with its North American operations.
- Wilmington Trust Company, as indenture trustee, as a member of the official committee of unsecured creditors in the FiberMark chapter 11 case.
- US policyholders opposing solvent schemes of arrangement proposed in the UK by insurers BAIC and WFUM pools.
- A major retailer, as a vendor endorsee under insurance policies, in contesting the proposed “buy-back” and settlement of the policies by a chapter 11 debtor/primary insured.
- A major oil & gas company in connection with the spinoff of its chemicals subsidiary.
Pro Bono
- Representation, through Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts, of an artist in the bankruptcy of a gallery owner.
- Advised nonprofit organization committed to the furtherance of Finnish music in the USA regarding governance and exempt-organization matters.
- Represented amici curiae in National Abortion Federation v. Alberto Gonzales, a challenge to the Partial Birth Abortion Ban Act of 2003, on appeal in the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit.
Publications and Speeches
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