EXPERIENCE

Matthew’s representative matters (including at his previous firm) include advising:

• Hg Capital:
  • alongside TA Associates and The Access Group on The Access Group’s £3.5 billion refinancing, Europe’s largest-ever unitranche financing on record*
  • alongside Leonard Green Partners and IRIS Software on IRIS Software’s £1.55 billion (equivalent) private-credit led refinancing
  • on the financing aspects of its acquisition of a majority stake in P&I*
  • on P&I’s €455 million private credit-to-BSL refinancing and dividend recapitalisation
  • alongside its portfolio company Litera on the financing aspects of its acquisitions of Kira Systems, BigSquare, Micron Systems and Upper Sigma*
  • on its majority investment in Nomadia*
  • on its majority investment in Visma, a leading provider of business-critical software, in a transaction valuing the business at an enterprise value of $12.2 billion*
• EP Corporate Group on the financing and structuring aspects of its cash offer for International Distributions Services plc, the parent company of the UK’s Royal Mail and international parcels network GLS
• TA Associates alongside Five Arrows and RLDatix on RLDatix’s $2 billion (equivalent) private credit-led refinancing of its existing senior facilities
• Inspired Education, a portfolio company of TA Associates, in connection with:
  • its €600 million refinancing in July 2023 and acquisition of Alpha Plus Group*
  • its €1,095 million refinancing and upsize of its €795 million TLB due May 2026 in February 2024
• Advent, Cinven and RAG-Stiftung on the €17.2 billion carve-out acquisition of the elevator division of thyssenkrupp AG, the largest European leveraged buyout in a decade*
• Bain Capital Private Equity:
  • on its €955.3 million public takeover offer for Caverion Corporation*
  • alongside its portfolio company Consolis Group on its €300 million refinancing and subsequent €30 million asset-backed facility*
• Blackstone on the financing of its acquisition of Bourne Leisure*
• CPPIB:
  • alongside Montagu and the other consortium members on their acquisition of Galileo Global Education
  • alongside other consortium members, on the €420 million refinancing of Sportradar*
• HGGC on the financing of its acquisition of Specialist Risk Group*
• Klöckner Pentaplast, a portfolio company of Strategic Value Partners, in connection with its €1.9 billion refinancing, which included senior secured notes, senior unsecured notes and a term loan with ESG-linked ratchet*
• Loan Star Funds on the financing aspects of its sale of Stark Group to CVC Capital Partners*
• Modulaire Group, a portfolio company of TDR Capital, in connection with its refinancing, incremental high-yield note issuances and acquisition facilities, and subsequent sale to Brookfield*
• Survitec Group and its controlling shareholders, Searchlight Capital Partners and M&G Investments, in connection with their £270 million refinancing and acquisition of Hansen Protection AS*
• The Carlyle Group on its voluntary public takeover offer for Schaltbau Holding AG*
• TPG Rise Climate on the financing aspects of its acquisition of a majority stake in A-Gas from KKR*

*Matters worked on prior to joining Paul, Weiss.