Matthew M. Kelly represents financial institutions and private equity and corporate borrowers in connection with a wide range of syndicated loan, direct lending and other financing transactions, including acquisition finance and investment‑grade and leveraged finance.
Lawdragon Honors
| Honor | Year | Practice |
|---|---|---|
| The 2026 Lawdragon 500 Leading Dealmakers in America | 2026 | Finance, Syndicated Loans |
| The 2025 Lawdragon 500 Leading Dealmakers in America | 2025 | Finance, Syndicated Loans |
| The 2025 Lawdragon 500 X – The Next Generation | 2025 | Finance |
| The 2024 Lawdragon 500 X – The Next Generation | 2024 | Finance |
| Lawdragon 500 X – The Next Generation | 2023 | Finance |
Kelly’s notable banking and finance deals include advising:
- Olin in its $1.375 billion term loan facility and $600 million revolving credit facility;
- Argo Group, an affiliate of Brookfield, in its $750 million term loan facility;
- Lindsay Goldberg in $505 million of credit facilities to finance the acquisition of The Kleinfelder Group;
- NSM Insurance in $161 million of credit facilities to finance its acquisition of Fresh Insurance Services;
- Florida East Coast Industries in its term loan facility;
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the agent and arranger in an aggregate of $11.54 billion of term loan facilities made available to TransDigm;
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the agent and arranger in a $2.75 billion revolving credit facility made available to Goodyear to finance its acquisition of Cooper Tire & Rubber;
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the agent and arranger in an aggregate of $5.54 billion of term loan facilities made available to Axalta;
- the agent and arranger in a $1.5 billion senior secured revolving credit facility made available to Alcoa;
- the agent and arranger in $1.125 billion of incremental term loans made available to Bright Horizons;
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the agent and arranger in $890 million of credit facilities made available to Frontdoor;
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the agent and arranger in $750 million of credit facilities made available to MSG National Properties;
- the agent and arranger in $660 million of credit facilities made available to American Seafoods Group, an affiliate of Bregal Partners;
- the agent and arranger in $355 million of credit facilities made available to affiliates of Silver Lake to finance its acquisition of Weld North Education;
- the agent and arranger in $350 million of credit facilities made available to PS HoldCo, an affiliate of One Equity Partners, to finance its acquisition of PS Logistics; and
- the agent and arranger in $270 million of credit facilities made available in connection with EQT’s acquisition of Certara.
