Matthew Fisher counsels private equity sponsors and their portfolio companies, as well as corporate clients, on complex transactional matters. His practice focuses on leveraged buyouts, mergers and acquisitions, divestitures, minority investments, joint ventures and recapitalizations, in addition to other corporate matters. He has advised numerous private equity sponsors, including Abry Partners, American Securities, Audax Group, Bain Capital Private Equity, L Catterton Partners, Partners Group, Silversmith Capital Partners, Summit Partners, TA Associates, Thomas H. Lee Partners and TPG Growth on transactions that span across multiple industries, including consumer, financial services, healthcare, industrials, insurance and technology, among many others.
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Work Highlights
Notable experience prior to joining Simpson Thacher includes advising:
- Abry Partners in multiple transactions, including: its acquisitions of Best Lawyers, Franklin Energy Group, Inspira Financial Trust, NetNumber, PayFlex, Propark Mobility, Screenvision Media and Turnberry Solutions; its investments in Ascend Healthcare, Cardiff Insurance Group, Prime Capital Investment Advisors and Recovery Point Systems; its sales of Casamba, SambaSafety and The Hilb Group; the deleveraging and recapitalization of Fastmed; and the recapitalization of alliantgroup.
- Audax Group in multiple transactions, including the acquisition of Allied Wire & Cable and its sale of Altasciences.
- Bain Capital Private Equity in multiple transactions, including: its acquisitions of Imperial Dade, Varsity Brands and Ahlstrom-Munksjö Oyj; its sale of a significant equity stake in Imperial Dade to Advent International; the deleveraging and recapitalization of Apex Tool Group; and its formation of a single-asset continuation fund and related recapitalization of Imperial Dade.
- L Catterton in multiple transactions, including its acquisition of West Marine and the out-of-court restructuring and equity financing of West Marine.
- Partners Group in multiple transactions, including the acquisition of Motion PT Group.
- Summit Partners in multiple transactions, including its acquisitions of MetroTech and Teaching Strategies, its investment in Brooklinen and its sale of Teaching Strategies.
- TPG Growth in multiple transactions, including the acquisitions of People 2.0 and TalentWave.
Education
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Boston University School of Law, 2017 J.D.
cum laude
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Syracuse University, 2014 B.A.
cum laude
Matthew Fisher is a Partner in Simpson Thacher’s Mergers and Acquisitions practice. Based in the Firm’s Boston office, he counsels private equity sponsors and their portfolio companies, as well as corporate clients, on complex transactional matters. His practice focuses on leveraged buyouts, mergers and acquisitions, divestitures, minority investments, joint ventures and recapitalizations, in addition to other corporate matters. He has advised numerous private equity sponsors, including Abry Partners, American Securities, Audax Group, Bain Capital Private Equity, L Catterton Partners, Partners Group, Silversmith Capital Partners, Summit Partners, TA Associates, Thomas H. Lee Partners and TPG Growth on transactions that span across multiple industries, including consumer, financial services, healthcare, industrials, insurance and technology, among many others.
Prior to joining Simpson Thacher, Matthew was a partner at another large international law firm.
Matthew received his J.D., cum laude, from Boston University School of Law in 2017 and his B.A., cum laude, from Syracuse University in 2014.