ProfessionalsMatthew B. Jordan

Tel: +1-212-373-3921
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mjordan@paulweiss.com
1285 Avenue of the Americas
New York,
NY
10019-6064
Fax: +1-212-658-9735
A partner in the Tax Department, Matthew Jordan advises clients on a variety of U.S. federal income tax matters, including in connection with U.S. and cross-border merger and acquisition transactions, strategic investments and joint ventures, and financing and capital markets transactions. His practice also includes advising investment funds on the structuring, formation and operation of funds, and “upper tier” arrangements.
EXPERIENCE
Matthew’s recent private equity experience includes:
- Apollo Global Management and its portfolio companies in various transactions, including:
- in the debt restructuring of its portfolio company, Jupiter Resources
- in its acquisition of an 80.1 percent interest in Lumileds from Royal Philips
- in the formation of Apollo Revolver Fund II
- Crestview Partners and TenCate Grass in the sale of a majority stake in TenCate to Leonard Green & Partners
- Flexpoint Ford in its acquisition of Baker Hill
- General Atlantic in a variety of acquisitions, including Morphe, A Place for Mom, General Information Services and Too Faced
- Liberty Capital in a variety of transactions, including in:
- its $125 million investment in BlueVoyant
- its $150 million investment in Satellogic, in connection with its merger involving CF Acquisition V to form a publicly listed company
- its $525 million acquisition of Zimperium
- the $150 million investment in Contrast Security
- Roark Capital Partners and its portfolio companies in various transactions, including:
- in its acquisitions of Mathnasium, Nothing Bundt Cakes, ServiceMaster Brands, Divisions Maintenance Group and Fitness Connection, among others
- Driven Brands in its acquisition of International Car Wash Group
- in the $751 million IPO of its portfolio company, Driven Brands
- in its $200 million convertible preferred stock investment in The Cheesecake Factory Incorporated
- in the formation of various private funds, including Fund V ($5 billion flagship private equity fund), Fund VI ($5 billion target private equity flagship fund), Fund II Sidecar, Diversified Restaurant Fund II
- in the whole business securitizations of its portfolio companies, including Driven Brands, Arby’s, Sonic, Dunkin Brands, Orange Theory Fitness, ServiceMaster Brands, Focus Brands, CKE, Massage Envy and Primrose Schools, among others
Matthew’s recent private funds experience includes:
- Apollo Global Management in the formation of Apollo Revolver Fund II
- Foresite in the formation of Foresite Fund VI, a healthcare-focused venture capital fund targeting $1.25 billion
- Roark Capital Partners in the formation of various private funds, including Fund V ($5 billion flagship private equity fund), Fund VI ($5 billion target private equity flagship fund), Fund II Sidecar, Diversified Restaurant Fund II
- Silver Point Capital in a variety of transactions, including:
- in the formation of Silver Point Distressed Specialty Credit Fund III, a credit fund targeting $4 billion
- in the formation of Silver Point Distressed Specialty Credit Fund II, a credit fund totaling $2 billion
- in the formation of Silver Point Distressed Opportunity Institutional Partners Fund, a credit fund totaling $1.5 billion
Matthew has advised clients in various other transactions including:
- ATS Corporation in a secondary offering of C$163 million of common shares
- Lundin Mining Corporation in its $950 million acquisition of a majority stake in Lumina Copper
- Hammerhead Resources in its:
- C$2.55 billion sale to Crescent Point Energy
- $1 billion combination with Decarbonization Plus Acquisition Corporation IV to form Hammerhead Energy
- Foresite Capital Management in its acquisition of Pardes Biosciences
- Yamana Gold in its $4.8 billion sale to Pan American Silver Corp. and Agnico Eagle Mines Limited
- Trane Technologies in the $15 billion Reverse Morris Trust spin-off and merger of its industrial business with Gardner Denver Holdings
- Qualcomm in its proposed acquisition of NXP Semiconductors
- Altimar Acquisition Corporation, a special purpose acquisition company sponsored by an affiliate of HPS Investment Partners, LLC, in its combination with Owl Rock Capital Group and the Dyal Capital Partners division of Neuberger Berman Group LLC to form Blue Owl Capital Inc.
- Altimar Acquisition Corp. II and Altimar Acquisition Corp. III, special purpose acquisition companies sponsored by an affiliate of HPS Investment Partners, LLC, in their IPOs
- Altimar Acquisition Corp. II, a special purpose acquisition company sponsored by an affiliate of HPS Investment Partners, LLC, in its combination with Fathom Digital Manufacturing Corporation
- Cumulus Media and certain of its affiliates in their chapter 11 cases, including a multi-day chapter 11 plan confirmation trial addressing, among other things, various valuation issues
- An ad hoc committee of PIK loan lenders to EB Holdings II, the parent company of Eco-Bat Technologies Limited, the world’s largest producer of lead and lead alloys in the restructuring of approximately $2.5 billion in funded debt obligations through the company’s prepackaged chapter 11 case
- Hornblower Group in connection with its prearranged chapter 11 cases