Matthew T. Gensburg focuses his practice on financial services. He is an experienced commercial litigator representing secured and unsecured lenders, landlords, creditors' committees and debtors in all phases of corporate reorganizations, debt restructuring, and the purchase and sale of assets. Matt is a member of the American Bankruptcy Institute and a past instructor at the American Bankers Association's National Commercial Lending School and Commercial Lending Graduate School. He is a frequent lecturer, instructing loan officers and attorneys on the Bankruptcy and Uniform Commercial Codes.
Areas of Concentration
· Commercial litigation
· Commercial loan workouts
· Restructuring troubled businesses
· Asset sales and acquisitions
Significant Representations
· Representation of the Official Committee of Equipment Lessors with claims totaling $123 million in the reorganization of a Chapter 11 debtor.
· Representation of Chapter 7 trustee in the liquidation of a regional airline.
· Representation of various general and limited partnerships in restructuring of mortgage-based credit facilities involving commercial, industrial and residential developments.
· Representation of numerous secured lenders in single asset real estate cases.
· Representation of numerous secured lenders in Chapter 11 reorganizations and liquidations of various carriers, contractors, manufacturers and health care providers.
Professional & Community Involvement
· Member, Chicago Bar Association
- Chairman, Pro Bono Bankruptcy Committee
· Member, American Bankruptcy Institute
· Member, National Business Institute
Awards & Recognition
· Selected by Super Lawyers magazine, 2005 - 2012
· Selected by Leading Lawyers Network, 2006 - 2012
· Ranked AV® Preeminent™ 5.0 out of 5
Clerkship
· Clerk, U.S. District Judge B. Avant Edenfield, Southern District of Georgia, 1983 - 1984
Articles, Publications, & Lectures
Articles
· Co-author, "Seventh Circuit Holds That Free And Clear Sale Plan Cannot Be Confirmed Without Preserving Secured Creditors' Credit Bidding Rights: Ruling Creates Circuit Split," Pratt's Journal of Bankruptcy Law, 2011
· Published course materials on behalf of the National Business Institute and Lorman Educational Services
Lectures
· Past lecturer to the faculty of the American Bankers Association's National Commercial Lending School and Commercial Lending Graduate School, as well as the National Business Institute
· Lectured to various business and professional groups involving the Bankruptcy Code and statutory state options
· Lectured for the National Business Institute on various classes regarding bankruptcy law and procedure
Speeches
· Speaker, "State of the Commercial Real Estate Market," Association of Insolvency and Restructuring Advisors webinar/teleconference, March 29, 2011
· Speaker, "Commercial Loan Workouts: Forbearance Options and Waivers After Default," Strafford CLE webinar/teleconference, December 8, 2010 and April 1, 2010
· Speaker, "Bankruptcy," Practicing Law Institute, Outsourcing 2010: Structuring, Negotiation and Governance, Chicago, September 20-21, 2010
· Speaker, "Nuts and Bolts of Bankruptcy Law," National Business Institute, Oakbrook, Illinois, June 29, 2010
· Speaker, "Bankruptcy, Insolvency and Protection of IP," Practicing Law Institute, Information Technology Law Institute 2010: Opportunities in Cloud Computing, Blogs, Brand Protection and Targeted Marketing, New York, May 24, 2010
· Speaker, "Bankruptcy, Insolvency and Protection of IP," Practicing Law Institute, Information Technology Law Institute 2010: Opportunities in Cloud Computing, Blogs, Brand Protection and Targeted Marketing, San Francisco, April 15 - 16, 2010
· Speaker, "Renegotiation in the Current Economy," Practicing Law Institute, Outsourcing and Offshoring 2009: Meeting New Challenges, September 22, 2009
· Speaker, "When Does the Music Stop? Ethical Issues Facing Attorneys in Section 363 Sale and Fraud Situations," The Judge Robert E. Ginsberg Continuing Legal Education Series on Bankruptcy program, 2008
· Speaker, "Preparing for and Managing Credits during the Next Economic Downturn," Performance Trust Investment Advisors, LLC educational program, 2007
· Panelist, "Complex Intersection of Bankruptcy and D&O Insurance," Aon Financial Services Group Webinar, 2007
· Speaker, "Evaluating and Applying Experience Under the Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act of 2005," The Penn State Dickinson School of Law 40th Annual Uniform Commercial Code Institute, 2007
· Speaker, "Commercial Lending Requirements and Loan Documentation in Illinois," Lorman Educational Services Seminar, 2003 and 2004
· Speaker, "Litigation Under Chapter 7 of the Bankruptcy Code," 23rd Annual Bankruptcy and Restructuring Conference, 2007
Miscellaneous
· Member, Board of Editors of the Annual Survey of Bankruptcy Law, authoring recent developments sections under the Bankruptcy Code
· Former columnist for the Kane, McHenry and Lake County Business Journals, publishing a monthly column titled "Business and the Law"