Matthew focuses his practice on debt financing transactions. His experience includes advising corporate, private equity sponsor, lender and other financial institution clients on a variety of complex secured and unsecured financing transactions, including leveraged acquisitions, investment grade and other corporate loans, refinancings, restructurings and structured loan products.
Before joining Mintz, Matthew practiced as an associate in the finance group of another international law firm and worked in the banking and finance group of an international business and legal research publishing company.
Experience
- Representation of sponsor-backed health care services company in connection with $1 billion syndicated senior secured credit facilities for acquisition financing and working capital
- Representation of private equity sponsor in connection with $60 million senior secured credit facilities for leveraged buyout of medical device company
- Representation of national provider of wholesaling and distribution services in connection with a $1.5 billion syndicated revolving credit facility and $400 million senior secured notes
- Representation of direct lender in connection with $100 million senior secured asset-based credit facility for purchase of patent assets
- Representation of various early-stage companies in connection with secured venture debt financings
- Representation of sponsor-backed natural gas producer in connection with $1.5 billion senior secured first and second lien credit facilities for acquisition financing and working capital
- Representation of joint lead arrangers in connection with $1.45 billion senior secured term loan and asset-based credit facilities to finance leveraged buyout of a retail company, as well as subsequent dividend recapitalization and refinancing transactions
- Representation of joint lead arrangers in connection with $3 billion senior secured multi-currency credit facilities for cross-border acquisition financing by a publicly-traded packaging company
- Representation of private movie theater company in connection with $450 million revolving credit facility and senior secured notes for refinancing of existing indebtedness as well as subsequent refinancing transactions
- Representation of joint lead arrangers in connection with $700 million senior secured credit facilities for acquisition financing and working capital for Canadian software company
- Representation of joint lead arrangers in connection with a $400 million senior secured asset-based revolving credit facility, as well as subsequent workout and restructuring matters
- Representation of private non-bank lender in connection with annual investment grade 364-day revolving credit facilities for working capital
- Representation of non-bank lender in connection with $360 million senior secured first and second lien credit facilities to finance leveraged buyout of a media rights company, as well as subsequent refinancing transactions
viewpoints
Middle Market Private Equity Fund Strategies for Managing Portfolio Company Defaults
April 10, 2020 | Advisory | By Joseph Price, Matthew B. Gautier
This advisory reviews strategies that sponsors and their portfolio companies can use to manage defaults, including proactive measures to avoid default, amendments and waivers to realign with a company’s revised outlook, sponsor support through equity cures, and lender forbearance.
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M&A in the COVID Era – Part II – Debt Financing Opportunities for Middle Market PE Funds
April 6, 2020 | Advisory | By Joseph Price, Matthew B. Gautier
This article reviews debt financing opportunities available to investors in a down market and the pros and cons of each type of financing.
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Proposed Counterfeit Parts Rule Would Expand Coverage to Commercial Products Sold to Any Federal Agency
June 13, 2014 | Blog
On June 10, 2014 the federal government proposed to expand the coverage of the rule designed to weed out counterfeit electronic parts in products sold to the Government.
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News & Press
Mintz Represents Future Electronics In $3.8 Billion Announced Sale To WT Microelectronics
September 15, 2023
Mintz is representing Future Electronics in its announced sale to Taiwan-based WT Microelectronics (TAIEX: 3036). The all-cash sale will see WT Microelectronics acquire 100% of Future Electronics shares for an enterprise value of $3.8 billion. The transaction is expected to close in the first half of 2024.
Mintz’s Private Equity Practice Appoints New Leadership
November 17, 2022
Mintz has appointed Members Gregory Fine and Matthew T. Simpson to co-lead the Private Equity practice alongside current chair, Kurt Steinkrauss. The change is effective immediately.
Mintz Represents Ferra Holdings In Its Sale To Accurus
April 11, 2022
Mintz’s Private Equity Practice Steers Complex Deals Across Industries, Experiences Strategic Growth in 2021
January 26, 2022
As the pandemic and favorable market conditions drove record M&A and private equity dealmaking in 2021, Mintz’s Private Equity Practice handled a number of complex and impactful middle-market transactions for a growing number of private equity funds across the country spanning a variety of industries, including Charlesbank Capital Partners, DW Healthcare Partners, and Monomoy Capital Partners. In addition, the firm added several practitioners with extensive transactional knowledge to its deep bench to support private equity clients.
Mintz Promotes Nine to Member
December 15, 2021
Mintz Advises Apex Global Brands in Sale to Galaxy Universal
February 22, 2021
Firm plays a key role in the largest health care acquisition to date in 2020.
Mintz advised GPB Capital on its acquisition of a majority equity stake in Westwood, Massachusetts-based Prime Motor Group. The acquisition by Capstone Automotive Group, an affiliate of GPB, expands the group’s footprint throughout New England.
Recent Insights
Mintz is representing Future Electronics in its announced sale to Taiwan-based WT Microelectronics (TAIEX: 3036). The all-cash sale will see WT Microelectronics acquire 100% of Future Electronics shares for an enterprise value of $3.8 billion. The transaction is expected to close in the first half of 2024.
Mintz has appointed Members Gregory Fine and Matthew T. Simpson to co-lead the Private Equity practice alongside current chair, Kurt Steinkrauss. The change is effective immediately.
