A Partner in the Firm’s London office, Matthew Hope is a member of the Banking and Credit Practice. He regularly advises private equity sponsors, corporations, investment banks, hedge funds and asset managers on a wide range of credit and finance matters, including acquisition finance, distressed debt investing, restructurings, special situations lending and loan-to-own transactions. Matthew has extensive experience in complex lending structures across a variety of banking products such as term loans, revolving credit facilities, PIK loans, corporate and high yield bonds, shareholder loans and preferred equity instruments, as well as related credit support, security and intercreditor arrangements.
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Work Highlights
- Initial purchasers in a $500 million offering of senior convertible notes by Kosmos Energy
- Voyage Care in its £250 million offering of Senior Secured Notes
- Takko Fashion Gmbh in connection with the Group’s successful cross-border restructuring involving, among other things, a transfer of ownership to certain of Takko Fashion’s bondholders and a comprehensive recapitalization
- SCC Power Plc and MSU Energy Holding Ltd. in its acquisition by SCC Power of the business enterprise of Stoneway Capital Corporation
Education
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BPP Law School, 2007 LPC
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BPP Law School London, 2006 Graduate Diploma in Law
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King’s College London, 2005 B.A.
Matthew Hope is a Partner in the Firm’s Banking and Credit Practice. He regularly advises private equity sponsors, corporations, investment banks, hedge funds and asset managers on a wide range of credit and finance matters, including acquisition finance, distressed debt investing, restructurings, special situations lending and loan-to-own transactions.
Matthew has extensive experience in complex lending structures across a variety of banking products such as term loans, revolving credit facilities, PIK loans, corporate and high yield bonds, shareholder loans and preferred equity instruments, as well as related credit support, security and intercreditor arrangements.
Matthew has deep institutional knowledge gained from secondments to Alcentra and international investment banks, and also spent over a year working on the Finance team of a leading U.S. law firm in New York.
Matt’s recent work highlights include:
- Initial purchasers in a $500 million offering of senior convertible notes by Kosmos Energy
- Voyage Care in its £250 million offering of Senior Secured Notes
- Takko Fashion Gmbh in connection with the Group’s successful cross-border restructuring involving, among other things, a transfer of ownership to certain of Takko Fashion’s bondholders and a comprehensive recapitalization
- SCC Power Plc and MSU Energy Holding Ltd. in its acquisition by SCC Power of the business enterprise of Stoneway Capital Corporation
Notable experience prior to joining Simpson Thacher includes representing:
- AlpInvest in connection with its role as lender under NAV facilities to top tier sponsors and various related complex fund finance structuring transactions
- Pemberton Asset Management in connection with their investment in the Oscar Mayer Group
- Matchesfashion in connection with its senior secured notes, term and ABL facilities (and sale to Frasers Group)
- Funds including Alcentra, Cheyne, Bain and Capital Four in connection with the restructuring of the Praesidiad Group, including the provision of an interim facilities agreement by the Ad Hoc Group and other lenders
- Lloyds Bank plc and others as arrangers of the revolving credit facility provided to Odeon Cinemas Limited and ongoing advice in connection with the COVID-19 pandemic and US$ 500m SSNs issued by its parent, AMC Entertainment