NEW YORK, May 4, 2026 – Proskauer is proud to announce that partner Matthew Koch has been named an Outstanding Young Restructuring Lawyer by Turnarounds & Workouts. The award recognizes a select group of 12 lawyers under the age of 40 who have demonstrated remarkable achievements in the field over the past year.
A member of both Proskauer’s Restructuring Group and its Private Credit Restructuring Team, Matt advises many of the firm’s most significant clients across a range of industries, including healthcare, manufacturing, software, aerospace, retail, financial services, entertainment, and automotive. His work over the past year exemplifies the sophistication, leadership, and client impact this award seeks to recognize.
His practice reflects how the restructuring market has evolved, with private credit lenders increasingly playing a central role in corporate restructurings, as the asset class has experienced significant growth in the last several years—a trajectory expected to continue.
Recognizing his significant contributions to the field and firm, Proskauer promoted Matt to partner in November 2025. Over the past year, he has co-led and played central leadership roles in numerous high-stakes, complex restructuring matters (both in and out of court) involving more than $13 billion in aggregate funded debt. He has also advised sophisticated direct lenders, ad hoc groups, and investment managers through complicated capital structures, contested DIP financings, expedited sale processes, regulatory and tax challenges, and mission-critical intercreditor disputes.
Since 2024, Matt has led lender-side strategy in restructurings involving billions of dollars in funded debt and hundreds of millions of dollars in DIP financing. He regularly advised clients serving in multiple capacities—as secured lenders, DIP providers, and plan sponsors—navigating complexities inherent in complicated capital structures facing significant distress to deliver concrete, commercial outcomes for his clients.
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The world’s leading organizations and global players choose Proskauer to represent them when they need it the most. With 800+ lawyers in key financial centers around the world, we are highly regarded for our expertise combined with our pragmatic and commercial approach. Proskauer is the place to turn when a matter is complex, innovative and game-changing. We work seamlessly across practices, industries and jurisdictions with asset managers, private equity and venture capital firms, Fortune 500 and FTSE companies, major sports leagues, entertainment industry legends and other industry-redefining companies.
Proskauer has had major roles in some of the highest-profile chapter 11 and sovereign restructuring cases throughout the U.S. Our Restructuring team represents every constituent—debtor, lender, unsecured creditor, board of directors, independent fiduciary, shareholder and new investor—involved with a business in distress and we understand the goals, strategies and tactics of each of the parties. Our relationships and broad-based experience enable us to work collaboratively in highly charged situations to develop value-added resolutions for our clients.
