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Jackson Walker
J. Machir Stull

J. Machir Stull

Partner, Dallas
214.953.6039
mstull@jw.com
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Practice Areas

  • Bankruptcy, Restructuring, & Recovery
  • Corporate & Securities
  • Trial & Appellate Litigation

Experience

  • Corporate & Securities Litigation
  • Distressed Asset Buyers & Sellers Representation
  • Mergers, Acquisitions, & Divestitures
  • Secured Creditor Representation

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

Court Admissions

U.S. District Court for the Eastern, Northern, Southern, and Western Districts of Texas

Areas of Focus Practice Experience Publications & Speeches Community Involvement Attorney News

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

  • “Bankruptcy / Foreclosure,” SWABC Annual Convention and TBA Bankers Legal Conference (September 2022)
  • “Structuring Divisive Mergers Under the Delaware and Texas Statutes,” Strafford Webinar (August 2022)
  • “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
Tax deduction business planning

August 24, 2022

Speaking Engagements

“Structuring Divisive Mergers Under the Delaware and Texas Statutes”

Byron Egan, William Hornberger, and Machir Stull will join Cliff Ernst (McGinnis Lochridge) for a CLE webinar discussing divisive merger statutes on Wednesday, August 24. Presented by Strafford, the course will walk through how to structure a divisive merger and what the implications are for existing and future credit agreements and other contracts to which Delaware and Texas entities may be parties.

2022 New Partners

February 11, 2022

Attorney News

Jackson Walker Announces Largest Class of Newly Elected Partners to Date

Jackson Walker is pleased to announce the election of 14 attorneys to the Firm’s partnership on Friday, February 11, 2022. In addition to electing 14 new partners, the Firm also congratulates Bart Cicuto, Noah Speck, and Austin Thomas on their promotion from associates to senior counsel.

Machir Stull with Jackson Walker logo

November 19, 2020

Attorney News

Machir Stull Joins Jackson Walker’s Bankruptcy, Restructuring, & Recovery Practice in Dallas

With experience advising distressed businesses related to corporate restructurings, 363 sales, and creditors’ rights, Dallas senior counsel Machir Stull will boost the Firm’s capabilities related to Chapter 11 debtor representations.

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Practice Experience

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 & Speeches

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

  • “Bankruptcy / Foreclosure,” SWABC Annual Convention and TBA Bankers Legal Conference (September 2022)
  • “Structuring Divisive Mergers Under the Delaware and Texas Statutes,” Strafford Webinar (August 2022)
  • “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)

Community Involvement

  • Fellow, Tarrant County Bar Foundation, 2018
  • Dallas Bar Association Bankruptcy Section
  • Dallas World Affairs Council
  • Church of the Incarnation
  • Lakewood Neighborhood Association

Practice Areas

  • Bankruptcy, Restructuring, & Recovery
  • Corporate & Securities
  • Trial & Appellate Litigation

Experience

  • Corporate & Securities Litigation
  • Distressed Asset Buyers & Sellers Representation
  • Mergers, Acquisitions, & Divestitures
  • Secured Creditor Representation
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