Biography
Machir Stull is a business lawyer in the Bankruptcy, Restructuring, & Recovery practice in Dallas with experience representing businesses and executives from the boardroom to the courtroom. Machir has represented nearly every constituency in a bankruptcy, from debtors and committees to trustees and landlords.
Education
B.S., University of Virginia
J.D., cum laude, SMU Dedman School of Law
- International Law Review Association
- Patton Boggs Public Policy Fellowship
Bar Admissions
Texas, 2009
Court Admissions
Bankruptcy and Restructuring
- Corporate restructurings
- Distressed businesses
- 363 sales
- Creditors’ rights
Litigation
- Business divorces
- Partnership disputes
General Corporate Work
- Mergers and acquisitions
- Structuring operating agreements
- Drafting and negotiating stock option plans
- Venture financings
- Corporate contracts and other agreements
- Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests
Machir serves clients across a broad range of industries, including healthcare, energy, insurance, fitness, nonprofits, and food manufacturing. His bankruptcy and restructuring work includes the following:
- Counsel for debtors in Edge Petroleum bankruptcy
- Counsel for debtors in Barnes Bay bankruptcy
- Counsel for debtors in Downright Disposal bankruptcy
- Special counsel for debtor in Energy & Exploration Partners bankruptcy
- Counsel for investors in Life Partners bankruptcy
- Counsel for equity committee in Seahawk Drilling bankruptcy
- Counsel for noteholders committee in R.E. Loans bankruptcy
- Counsel for senior lender in 1701 Commerce bankruptcy
- Counsel for directors in Saratoga Resources bankruptcy
- Counsel for landlord in Taco Bueno Restaurants bankruptcy
- Counsel for post-confirmation trustee in The Picture People bankruptcy
- Counsel for equity holders in successfully forming official committee of equity security holders in PHI, Inc. bankruptcy
Publications
- Co-Author, “Bankruptcy Changes in the CARES Act,” Fort Worth Business Press (May 2020)
- Co-Author, “The Supreme Court of Texas Affirms the Freedom of Contract,” Texas Lawyer (April 2020)
Speaking Engagements
- “Intersections Between Bankruptcy and Real Estate,” Tarrant County Bar Association Brown Bag Seminar Series (November 2020)
- “Real Estate and Bankruptcy: Issues That May Arise in Light of COVID-19,” Tarrant County Bar Association Real Estate Section (June 2020)
- “Legal Issues in the Age of the Coronavirus: Navigating the Waters of Business Bankruptcy in the Wake of the Coronavirus Pandemic,” Texas A&M Law webinar (May 2020)
- “Bankruptcy 101: An Overview for Corporate Counsel,” TCBA Corporate Counsel Section Luncheon (February 2020)
- “Rising Corporate Debt and Zombie Companies,” Fort Worth Chapter of Financial Executives International (FEI) (December 2018)
- Fellow, Tarrant County Bar Foundation, 2018
- Dallas Bar Association Bankruptcy Section
- Dallas World Affairs Council
- Church of the Incarnation
- Lakewood Neighborhood Association