Kyle J. Mathews

Mr. Mathews is a partner in the Finance and Bankruptcy Practice Group in the firm's Los Angeles office.

Areas of Practice

Mr. Mathews specializes in the area of workouts, restructuring and commercial lending, mainly representing financial institutions. His practice includes: problem loan workouts, restructurings, foreclosures and bankruptcies; sales and liquidations of assets; single lender and syndicated senior secured financing, acquisition and working capital loans.

Education

• J.D., University of Southern California, 2001, order of the coif, Co-Executive Editor, Law Review
• B.A., University of Southern California, 1998, magna cum laude

Representative Transactions

Represents indenture trustee for $235,000,000 in bonds and member of creditors committee in the Northwest Airlines bankruptcy case

Represented the administrative agent with respect to an $80,000,000 secured working capital credit facility for WD-40 Company

Represented the administrative agent with respect to $55,000,000 syndicated secured working capital revolving and term credit facilities in the U.S. and Canada for Celadon Group, Inc. and its affiliates

Honors

• Rising Star, Super Lawyers Southern California, 2008

Memberships

• Chair, Programs Sub-Committee, Trust Indentures and Indenture Trustees Committee, Section on Business Law, American Bar Association
• Subcommittee, Syndications and Lender Relations, Commercial Financial Services Committee, Section on Business Law, American Bar Association
• Member, National Association of Bond Lawyers
• Member, Financial Lawyers Conference

Articles

Bankruptcy & Restructuring Law Blog Articles

• "The Ninth Circuit Rules on Plan Feasibility", June 6, 2007
• "If It Looks Like a Duck (KERP) and Quacks Like a Duck (KERP), It's a Duck (KERP)", September 7, 2006
• "The Grafton Case: Pre-Dispute Jury Trial Waivers are Unenforceable in California State Courts", August 24, 2005

Speeches

• "What to Expect When Your Deal Goes Bad," Program Chair and Moderator at Spring Meeting of Business Law Section of the American Bar Association, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, April 16, 2009.
• "New Developments in Chapter 11 - Hedge Fund Participation and the Role of Trust Indenture and Indenture Trustees," Program Chair at Spring Meeting of Business Law Section of the American Bar Association, Dallas, TX, April 10, 2008.
• Article entitled "If It Looks Like a Duck (KERP) and Acts Like a Duck (KERP), It Is a Duck (KERP)", Sheppard Mullin Bankruptcy Law Blog, September 7, 2006.
• Article entitled "The Grafton Case: Pre-dispute Jury Trial Waivers are Unenforceable", Sheppard Mullin Financial Institutions Blog, co-author with Kenneth J. Carl, 2005.
• Presenter at panel discussion entitled, "What's Under the Blanket: Perfecting in Collateral Not Covered by a UCC Filing", Committee on Commercial Financial Services, Business Law Section of the American Bar Association, San Diego, California, November 9, 2005.