A Partner in Simpson Thacher’s Public Company Advisory Practice in New York, Charlie focuses on advising public company clients across numerous industries on all aspects of their compliance with U.S. securities laws and the listing requirements of the major U.S. stock exchanges, particularly in connection with and following their initial public offerings. He regularly advises in-house counsel, management, boards of directors and board committees on a wide range of matters, including SEC and stock exchange reporting and disclosure requirements, board and executive compensation, corporate governance, shareholder activism, the impact of proxy advisory services, responses to formal and informal SEC inquiries and other general corporate law matters.
Charlie’s practice also focuses on new developments and changing best practices in governance matters. Charlie routinely advises on ESG-related governance developments, reporting requirements and disclosure trends, as well as on cybersecurity, diversity, equity and inclusion, and climate change and sustainability disclosures.
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Work Highlights
- CAVA Group in its $340 million IPO
- PPD in its $1.863 billion IPO and a variety of board, governance and disclosure matters
- Change Healthcare in its $928 million IPO and its concurrent public offering of 6% tangible equity units
- Academy Sports and Outdoors in its $200 million IPO and a variety board, governance and disclosure matters
- Hilton Worldwide Holdings in a variety of board, governance and disclosure matters
- Finance of America Companies in its $1.9 billion SPAC transaction and a variety of board, governance and disclosure matters
- Blackstone in a variety of board, governance and disclosure matters
- Performance Food Group in its $317 million IPO
Education
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Fordham University School of Law, 2013 J.D.
summa cum laude; Order of the Coif; Fordham Law Review, Articles and Notes Editor; Henrietta Metcalf Prize in Contracts; Fordham Law School Legal Writing Award; Fordham Law School Prize; Wilkinson Scholar
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Loyola University Maryland, 2008 B.B.A.
Charlie Mathes is a Partner in Simpson Thacher’s New York office. As a member of the Firm’s Public Company Advisory Practice, Charlie focuses on advising public company clients across numerous industries on all aspects of their compliance with U.S. securities laws and the listing requirements of the major U.S. stock exchanges, particularly in connection with and following their initial public offerings. He regularly advises in-house counsel, management, boards of directors and board committees on a wide range of matters, including SEC and stock exchange reporting and disclosure requirements, board and executive compensation, corporate governance, shareholder activism, the impact of proxy advisory services, responses to formal and informal SEC inquiries and other general corporate law matters.
Charlie’s practice also focuses on new developments and changing best practices in governance matters. Charlie routinely advises on ESG-related governance developments, reporting requirements and disclosure trends, as well as on cybersecurity, diversity, equity and inclusion, and climate change and sustainability disclosures.
Recent experience includes advising:
- CAVA Group in its $340 million IPO
- PPD in its $1.863 billion IPO and a variety of board, governance and disclosure matters
- Blackstone in a variety of board, governance and disclosure matters
- The Carlyle Group in a variety of board, governance and disclosure matters
- KKR Real Estate Finance Trust in a variety of board, governance and disclosure matters
- Change Healthcare in its $928 million IPO and its concurrent public offering of 6% tangible equity units
- Academy Sports and Outdoors in its $200 million IPO and a variety of board, governance and disclosure matters
- Cohen & Steers in a variety of board, governance and disclosure matters
- Hilton Worldwide Holdings in a variety of board, governance and disclosure matters
- Weight Watchers in a variety of board, governance and disclosure matters
- Finance of America Companies in its $1.9 billion SPAC transaction and a variety of board, governance and disclosure matters
- Taylor Morrison Home Corporation in a variety of board, governance and disclosure matters
- Performance Food Group in its $317 million IPO
- Frontdoor in a variety of board, governance and disclosure matters
- PJT Partners in a variety of board, governance and disclosure matters
- Blackstone Mortgage Trust in connection with public company advice related to offerings of convertible senior notes and common stock
Charlie received his J.D., summa cum laude, from Fordham University School of Law in 2013 and his B.B.A. from Loyola University Maryland in 2008. He is admitted to practice in New York.