Matthew Summers > Ballard Spahr LLP > Wilmington, United States > Lawyer Profile
Ballard Spahr LLP Offices
919 N. MARKET STREET
11TH FLOOR
WILMINGTON, DE 19801-3034
DELAWARE
United States
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Matthew Summers
Work Department
Litigation
Position
Partner and Practice Co-Leader of the firm’s Bankruptcy and Restructuring Group
Career
Matthew G. Summers represents secured creditors, landlords, asset purchasers, indenture trustees, manufacturers, mezzanine lenders, officers and directors, unsecured creditors, trustees, and other parties-in-interest in all aspects of bankruptcy cases and bankruptcy-related litigation, in Delaware and Maryland, and nationally. He is a Practice Co-Leader of the firm’s Bankruptcy and Restructuring Group.
Matt has substantial experience representing creditors in Chapter 9 bankruptcy cases, including representing the largest holder of pension obligation bonds in the Detroit and San Bernardino, California, bankruptcy cases. Matt was the lead questioner in the first deposition taken in the City of Detroit case, deposing the city’s investment banker, and was deeply involved in litigating the objection to the city’s first proposed settlement with counterparties to a swap agreement, an objection the bankruptcy court sustained.
Admissions
Delaware
Maryland
U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware
U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Memberships
Advisory Committee, 2015 ABI Mid-Atlantic Bankruptcy Workshop
Member of ad hoc committee formed in 2015 to consider, draft, and propose statute governing receivership proceedings in Maryland
American Bankruptcy Institute
American Bar Association
Education
University of Maryland School of Law (J.D. 2000 with honor)
Member, Order of the Coif
Grove City College (B.A. 1997, magna cum laude)
Lawyer Rankings
United States > Finance > Restructuring (including bankruptcy): municipal
Ballard Spahr LLP’s bankruptcy and restructuring practice group is well known for its municipal bankruptcy expertise, particularly in connection with chapter 9 cases involving pension obligations debt. The practice has a strong reputation for advising indenture trustees but also represents fiscally challenged municipalities, underwriters, bond insurers, and institutional investors. William Rhodes in Philadelphia, and Tobey Daluz and Matthew Summers in Wilmington, jointly head the multidisciplinary practice group. Public finance specialist Rhodes leads on municipal recovery and represents issuers, broker-dealers, and investors in all areas of public finance, with a focus on state oversight of distressed municipalities, while litigators Daluz and Summers also have broad bankruptcy experience. In a standout matter, Rhodes and Kevin Cunningham, also in Philadelphia, represented an indenture trustee in connection with the covenant defaults and financial distress of the owners and operators of multi-family housing units, involving asset sales, bondholders’ presentations, and the negotiation of forbearance agreements. William Wassweiler in Minneapolis plays an important role in the team, and regularly advises financial institutions serving as corporate trustees in circumstances involving municipal bonds.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
Firm Rankings
- Real estate > Land use/zoning
- M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: middle-market (sub-$500m)
- Finance > Restructuring (including bankruptcy): municipal
- Labor and employment > Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: design
- Finance > Fintech
- Labor and employment > Labor-management relations
- Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: automotive/transport
- Real estate > Real estate
- Real estate > Real estate investment trusts (REITs)
- Energy > Renewable/alternative power
- Dispute resolution > Financial services litigation
- Media, technology and telecoms > Media and entertainment: litigation
- Real estate > Real estate finance
- Antitrust > Civil litigation/class actions: defense
- Dispute resolution > Securities litigation: defense
- Finance > Financial services regulation
- Dispute resolution > Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense