Matthew Hope

Matthew Hope is a Partner in the Firm’s Banking and Credit Practice. He regularly advises private equity sponsors, asset managers, corporations and investment banks on a wide range of finance matters, including acquisition finance, special situations lending, distressed debt investing, restructurings and loan-to-own transactions.

Matthew has extensive experience in complex lending structures across a variety of products such as term loans, revolving credit facilities, NAV 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 international investment banks and the Special Situations desk at Alcentra. Matthew also previously worked in the Finance team of a leading US law firm in New York.

• TDR and Arrow Global in connection with the refinancing of the Arrow Global Group
• Funds including Alcentra, Cheyne, Bain and Capital Four in connection with the financing and restructuring of the Praesidiad Group
• Apax and Takko in connection with the financing and restructuring of the Takko Group
• Apax and Matchesfashion in connection with the financing and sale of the Matchesfashion Group
• Esken Limited in connection the financing and restructuring of the Esken Group
• KKR and Acteon in connection with the sale of the Acteon Group
• KKR in connection with the restructuring and acquisition of the Wittur Group
• HSS Hire Group in connection with its term loan and revolving credit facilities
• Apax and Tosca in connection with a pan-European factoring programme for the Tosca Group
• Walgreens Boots Alliance in connection with its non-recourse receivables financing

Notable experience prior to joining Simpson Thacher includes representing:

• Barclays Bank, JP Morgan, Goldman Sachs, Deutsche Bank and Bank of America as super senior RCF lenders in relation to the restructuring of the Travelex Group
• Lloyds Bank plc and others as arrangers of the revolving credit facility provided to Odeon Cinemas Limited
• The ad hoc committee of bondholders in respect of the restructuring of the Steinhoff Group, including the refinancing of the Pepco sub-group
• Platinum Equity on the term and revolving facilities and vendor loan financing for the acquisition of the Iberconsa Group
• Platinum Equity on the first and second lien financing for the acquisition of the Wyndham Group
• EQT on the financing for the acquisition of Siemens Audiology Solutions
• Credit Suisse as arranger in relation to New York law incremental facilities provided to AMC Entertainment for its acquisition of Odeon and Carmike cinema groups
• HSBC and BAML as arrangers in relation to the New York law refinancing of OXEA GmbH
• EQT on the financing in connection with its public-to-private acquisition of the Kuoni Travel Group
• EQT on the financing for the acquisition of the IVC Group
• Credit Suisse, BNP Paribas and UBS as arrangers in relation to first and second lien facilities provided to Advent in connection with the acquisition of Faerch Plast
• Lloyds Bank plc in relation to a super senior RCF provided to CapVest in connection with the acquisition of Karro Foods
• JP Morgan and BNP Paribas as mandated lead arrangers of a €2.025 billion bank guarantee facility in connection with the acquisition of Numericable-SFR by Altice