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Matthew C. Ziegler

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Matthew C. Ziegler focuses his practice on US and cross-border corporate restructurings, distressed private equity situations, fraud-related financial distress, and related litigation. Matthew’s clients include limited partners, investment advisors, hedge funds, pension funds, and other significant stakeholders in insolvent, mismanaged, or otherwise troubled entities.

  • Advisor to numerous domestic and offshore investment funds in connection with US-based litigation, fiduciary practices, and risk management
  • Counsel to ING Capital in the pursuit of borrower fraud claims against 777 Partners and affiliates
  • Counsel to the Antiguan liquidators of FTX affiliate Emergent Fidelity Technologies Ltd. in connection with its US bankruptcy and Antiguan liquidation proceedings and US asset-ownership disputes
  • Counsel to the Cayman and Hong Kong liquidators of Global Cord Blood Corporation, an NYSE-listed company alleged to have had hundreds of millions of dollars stolen from it by former management
  • Counsel to the limited partner advisory committee (LPAC) of a US-based private equity fund in investigating and pursuing remedies for potential manager misconduct
  • Counsel to multiple financial institution defendants in connection with fraudulent transfer claims brought by the Mallinckrodt plc Opioid Claimants’ Trust
  • Counsel to a major media company in connection with an alleged fraudulent investment scheme perpetrated by an advertiser and related litigation claims brought by chapter 7 trustee
  • Counsel to the LPACs and independent directors of two funds in connection with the collapse and liquidation proceedings of Abraaj Holdings and Abraaj Investment Management Limited, and related asset recovery and protection efforts
  • Counsel to Mexican affiliates of Mossi & Ghisolfi International in connection with the Chapter 11 cases of M&G USA Corp., et al.
  • Counsel to the United Mine Workers of America Health and Retirement Funds in numerous coal operator bankruptcies and related litigation
  • Counsel to ad hoc group of creditors of OAS, S.A., in connection with restructuring of Brazilian infrastructure conglomerate
  • Counsel to $3.5 billion ad hoc group of first lien noteholders of Caesars Entertainment in extensive pre-bankruptcy negotiations and chapter 11 cases
  • Counsel to holders of Puerto Rican government bonds in challenging constitutionality of proposed Puerto Rican restructuring statute
  • Counsel to secured lender agent in Dewey & LeBoeuf chapter 11 cases and to post-emergence Dewey & LeBoeuf Secured Lender Trust
  • Counsel to major investment firm defending litigation claims brought by chapter 7 trustee of liquidating REIT Anthracite Capital
  • Counsel to significant creditor of Washington Mutual, Inc., in connection with chapter 11 cases and securities litigation
  • New York University School of Law, 2010, J.D.
  • University of Notre Dame, 2004, B.A.
  • Pennsylvania
  • New York
  • US District Court for the Southern District of New York
  • US District Court for the Eastern District of New York

Ranked, Bankruptcy/Restructuring, Philadelphia & Surrounds, Chambers USA (2025)

Up & Coming, Bankruptcy/Restructuring, Philadelphia & Surrounds, Chambers USA (2023, 2024)

Listed, The Best Lawyers in America, Ones to Watch, Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law, Philadelphia (2023–2025)

Rising Star, Creditor-Debtor Rights, Pennsylvania Super Lawyers (2017–2019, 2021)