Partner
HPS Investment Partners
Mr. Keswani is a Partner at HPS Investment Partners and Head of North American Specialty Lending. Prior to joining HPS in 2010, Mr. Keswani spent a majority of his career at BlackRock, where he was a part of the initial team that established, structured and capitalized BlackRock Capital Investment Corporation (NASDAQ: BKCC), a publicly traded private investment vehicle.
Mr. Keswani is a CFA charter holder and holds a BSE from The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania where he graduated magna cum laude.
Co-Chair, Restructuring Department
Weil, Gotshal, & Manges LLP
Matt Barr is Co-Chair of the Restructuring Department and a member of the Management Committee at Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP. Matt has extensive experience leading representations of debtors, secured and unsecured creditors, bondholders, ad hoc groups, private equity funds, acquirers of assets, hedge funds and other institutions acquiring controlling positions in financially distressed companies in chapter 11 reorganization cases and out-of-court restructurings both in the United States and internationally. Matt’s engagements have ranged across a wide array of industries, including retail, telecommunication, chemical, pharmaceutical, textile, energy, oil and gas, automotive, apparel, manufacturing, project finance and shipping. He has drawn upon his broad experience to develop and advise clients on practical solutions and build the consensus required to implement these solutions.
Matt’s recent portfolio features some of the most significant and complex “mega-cases” in the market. He currently serves as lead counsel to First Brands Group in its landmark $12+ billion Chapter 11 cases, the largest corporate filing of 2025. His other recent high-profile representations include leading the $1 billion Chapter 11 cases for Everstream Solutions, guiding global wind-blade manufacturer TPI Composites through its voluntary $1 billion Chapter 11 cases, and representing Valves and Controls US Inc. in a complex restructuring involving hundreds of millions in liabilities.
His professional excellence has earned him consistent recognition as a leader in the field by Chambers Global, Chambers USA, IFLR1000, Lawdragon, Legal 500, Guide to World's Leading Insolvency and Restructuring Lawyers (Legal Media Group), Super Lawyers, among others. He is a Fellow of the American College of Bankruptcy, was recently honored as one of only ten attorneys worldwide named to Financier Worldwide’s “Power Players” for Bankruptcy & Insolvency and a 2025 Outstanding Restructuring Lawyer by Turnarounds & Workouts. Market Commentators in Chambers USA have called him “tremendously bright, responsive and reliable,” and “a measured, strong advocate” that knows “how to get to a resolution in a case.” IFLR1000 called him “a very strong and commercial lawyer. He never loses his cool and always finds a way to get to yes.”
Currently Matt serves on the board of directors for the American Red Cross (Greater NY) and the National Kidney Foundation (Greater NY). Matt is also on the Board of Trustees at New York Law School and a Trustee of the Weil Foundation. He services as the Management Committee Sponsor for WeilLatinx and is co-chair of Weil’s Philanthropic Committee. Matt joined Weil in 2015 from a major international law firm, where he was a senior equity partner, resident in that Firm’s New York office. Matt has contributed to various publications over the years on topics ranging from valuation litigation, in- and out-of-court remedies of creditors and asset sales. Matt has participated on a variety of panels as both a moderator and speaker.
