Matt Farrell advises arrangers, lenders (including direct lenders), private equity sponsors and their portfolio companies, and corporate borrowers on a wide range of banking and credit matters. His work includes acquisition, asset-based, investment grade and general corporate financing transactions. Matt has also counseled notable financial institutions as lenders and arrangers on a variety of financings.
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Work Highlights
- Financing sources in connection with financing related to R. R. Donnelley & Sons Company’s acquisition of Valassis
- An investor group led by Hellman & Friedman LLC and Permira Advisers LLC in connection with financing the investor group’s $10.2 billion acquisition of Zendesk
- JPMorgan in connection with committed debt financing for the acquisition of Presidio by funds affiliated with Clayton Dubilier & Rice
- Twenty-First Century Fox in a £12.2 billion committed bridge loan facility to finance its proposed acquisition of Sky
- Ingersoll Rand (f/k/a Gardner Denver Holdings) in connection with multiple financing transactions
Education
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Cornell University, 2011 J.D.
magna cum laude; Legal Workshop Editor of the Cornell Law Review
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Franklin & Marshall College, 2008 B.A.
summa cum laude; Phi Beta Kappa
Associations
- New York State Bar Association
- American Bar Association
Matthew Farrell advises arrangers, lenders (including direct lenders), private equity sponsors and their portfolio companies, and corporate borrowers on a wide range of banking and credit matters. His work includes acquisition, asset-based, investment grade and general corporate financing transactions, and he has versatile experience with leveraged credit facilities, first and second lien credit facilities, syndicating financings, “recurring revenue” loans, direct loans and financings related to restructurings.
Matt has advised:
- Financing sources in connection with financing related to R. R. Donnelley & Sons Company’s acquisition of Valassis
- An investor group led by Hellman & Friedman LLC and Permira Advisers LLC in connection with financing the investor group’s $10.2 billion acquisition of Zendesk
- JPMorgan in connection with committed debt financing for the acquisition of Presidio by funds affiliated with Clayton Dubilier & Rice
- Twenty-First Century Fox in a £12.2 billion committed bridge loan facility to finance its proposed acquisition of Sky
- Ingersoll Rand (f/k/a Gardner Denver Holdings) in connection with the financing for its merger with Ingersoll Rand plc’s industrial segment
- Ingersoll Rand Inc. in connection with its new $2.6 billion senior unsecured revolving credit facility
- Financing sources in connection with $2.1 billion of committed debt financing for STERIS in connection with the acquisition of Cantel Medical
- Bank of America, as administrative agent, and BofA Securities, Inc., as sole bookrunner, in connection with Oracle Corporation’s $5.63 billion unsecured term loan facility
- JPMorgan and lead arrangers in multiple financing transactions for Carnival Corporation
Matt received his B.A., summa cum laude, from Franklin & Marshall College. He received his J.D., magna cum laude, from Cornell Law School, where he was a legal workshop editor of the Cornell Law Review and received the “Kasowitz Prize for Legal Writing and Oral Advocacy,” the “Weisberg Prize for Constitutional Law” and the “Henn Prize for Business Organizations,” as well as three “CALI Excellence for the Future” awards. Matt is admitted to practice in New York.