Matthew M. Cahill

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Birmingham
T: 205.244.3839
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Matthew Cahill primarily represents national and local banks, servicers, financial institutions, and asset-based lenders in loan workouts and insolvency matters, with a particular emphasis on advising special servicers of CMBS assets on all aspects of commercial real estate loan workouts.

Professional Biography

Based in the Firm's Birmingham office, Mr. Cahill also has significant experience advising landlords on bankruptcy-related issues and representing financial institutions in general litigation matters.

Baker Donelson Represents Unsecured Creditors' Committee of Remington Outdoor Company in Chapter 11 Proceedings - Bankruptcy

Represented equipment lender in Chapter 11 proceedings of a large energy company in Birmingham, Alabama, resulting in the successful restructuring of approximately $9,000,000 in debt secured by specialized mining equipment.
Represented an energy company in the Chapter 11 bankruptcy of another business that held a coal lease with the company. Negotiated the sale and assumption of the debtor's coal lease.
Represented the official committee of unsecured creditors in the Chapter 11 bankruptcy cases of a firearms manufacturer and its affiliates, which collectively had more than $1.2 billion in liabilities.
Advised a government-sponsored entity regarding the modification of a defaulted $5.5 million commercial loan.

Listed in Chambers USA as a leading Bankruptcy/Restructuring lawyer in Alabama (2020 – 2024)
President – Turnaround Management Association, Alabama Chapter
Member – American Bankruptcy Institute
Member – American Bar Association
Member – Birmingham Bar Association
- Public Service Committee
- Young Lawyers Division

"An Update on Courts' Pandemic Practices," Trial Spotlight Newsletter (July 2021)
"Coronavirus: What Lenders Should Do Now," republished April 3, 2020, on BankBeat (March 23, 2020)

Chambers USA Ranks 88 Baker Donelson Attorneys in 2024 Edition (June 6, 2024)
Chambers USA Ranks 80 Baker Donelson Attorneys in 2023 Edition (June 2, 2023)
79 Baker Donelson Attorneys Ranked in Chambers USA 2022 (June 6, 2022)
80 Baker Donelson Attorneys Ranked in Chambers USA 2021 (May 25, 2021)
78 Baker Donelson Attorneys Ranked in Chambers USA 2020 (April 27, 2020)

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Education

Cumberland School of Law, Samford University, J.D., 2008
- Associate Editor – Cumberland Law Review
- Presidential Scholar
University of Alabama at Birmingham, B.S., 2004

Admissions

U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Northern, Middle, and Southern Districts of Alabama, 2008
U.S. District Court for the Northern, Middle, and Southern Districts of Alabama, 2008
Alabama, 2008

Featured Media

Chambers USA Ranks 88 Baker Donelson Attorneys in 2024 Edition

Press Release / June 6, 2024

Chambers USA Ranks 80 Baker Donelson Attorneys in 2023 Edition

Press Release / June 2, 2023

79 Baker Donelson Attorneys Ranked in Chambers USA 2022

Press Release / June 6, 2022

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