Matthew Leist is a partner in the Finance Group in the Los Angeles office of Paul, Weiss. He advises private equity sponsors, their portfolio companies and corporate clients on a broad range of financing transactions, including acquisition financings, recapitalizations, refinancings, syndicated bank financings, direct lending and other private credit transactions, asset-based lending facilities, investment grade and non-investment grade financings and high-yield offerings.
Matthew’s practice covers transactions across the capital structure and financing markets. He regularly advises on financings for sponsor-backed acquisitions, take-private transactions, public company M&A, strategic investments, leveraged recapitalizations, liability management transactions and other complex capital structure matters. His experience spans industries including technology, healthcare, business services, industrials, consumer products, infrastructure and financial services.
Matthew has advised leading private equity sponsors, portfolio companies and corporate clients, including KKR, THL, Diversis, Strategic Value Partners, Stonepeak, Silver Lake, Leonard Green & Partners, Bain Capital, Warburg Pincus, Investindustrial, K1, Bregal Sagemount, General Atlantic, Lone View Capital, MARA Holdings, Sysco and Keurig Dr Pepper.
Matthew’s representative matters include advising:
- KKR in connection with financings for Marmic Fire, Chase Corporation, CIRCOR International, Industrial Physics, ReliaQuest, Integrated Specialty Coverages, GeoStabilization, The Crosby Group, Bettcher Industries, Charter Next Generation, apexanalytix, PlayOn! Sports, Beacon Pointe, Hyperion, Therapy Brands, AppLovin Corporation, Flow Control, Graduation Alliance, OneStream, Novaria, Alludo and Optiv.
- THL in connection with financings for Headlands Research, Red Nucleus, AMI, YA Group, Hightower Advisors, AmeriLife, Agiliti Health, Smile Doctors, MHS, Fortna, inRiver, Bynder, Abacus Data Systems, Intelligent Medical Objects, Bazaarvoice, Auction.com, Carpe Data, Odessa, Care Hospice, Insurance Technologies, Adare Pharmaceuticals, Nextech and Seniorlink, and in connection with the financing aspects of its acquisition of Celerion.
- Leonard Green & Partners in connection with the financing aspects of its acquisition of NEFCO.
- Diversis and its portfolio company Tempo Software in connection with a leveraged recapitalization.
- Bain Capital in connection with financings for ITP Aero, LeanTaaS, ATW, Ahlstrom-Munksjö, Kestra Medical Technologies, Zelis, Dealer Tire, Rocket Software, Apex Tool Group, Premiere Healthcare, Imperial Dade and Aveanna Healthcare.
- Warburg Pincus in connection with financings for Everise, NEOGOV and Visma, and its NAV and subscription credit facilities.
- Strategic Value Partners in connection with financings for Revelyst and Associated Materials, and the financing of portfolio company OmniMax International.
- Stonepeak on the financing aspects of its acquisition of a majority controlling interest in Castrol.
- Silver Lake in connection with the financing for A Place for Mom.
- Investindustrial in connection with financings for Winland Foods and its acquisition of TreeHouse Foods.
- Bregal Sagemount in connection with the financing aspects of its significant growth equity investment in Extra Duty Solutions.
- General Atlantic in connection with its recommended offer for Learning Technologies Group, financing support for Transcendia Holdings, Inc.’s recapitalization transaction and take-private sale of EngageSmart.
- Lone View Capital in its acquisition of a majority stake in CargoSprint.
- Keurig Dr Pepper in connection with its €15.7 billion / $18.4 billion all-cash acquisition of JDE Peet’s, its planned separation into two independent public companies, two strategic investments totaling $7 billion and its related $2.55 billion and €3 billion senior unsecured notes offerings.
- MARA Holdings in its approximately $1.5 billion acquisition of Long Ridge Energy & Power.
- Sysco in its approximately $29.1 billion acquisition of Jetro Restaurant Depot.
- The initial purchasers in connection with Skeena Resources Limited’s $750 million senior secured notes offering.
- OmniMax International in its $1.335 billion sale to Gibraltar Industries, Inc., by funds managed by Strategic Value Partners.
- DeepIntent, Inc. in its $637 million sale to Vitruvian Partners.
- Amedisys, Inc. in its all-cash acquisition by UnitedHealth Group subsidiary Optum.
- Altor Equity Partners in its acquisition of CCM Hockey from Birch Hill Equity Partners.
- Enstar Group Limited in its all-cash $5.1 billion acquisition by investment firm Sixth Street.
