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Matthew M. Kelly

Partner, Cravath

212-474-1318mkelly@cravath.com

Two Manhattan West
375 Ninth Avenue
New York, NY 10001

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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;

  • the agent and arranger in an aggregate of $11.54 billion of term loan facilities made available to TransDigm;

  • the agent and arranger in a $2.75 billion revolving credit facility made available to Goodyear to finance its acquisition of Cooper Tire & Rubber;

  • 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;

  • the agent and arranger in $890 million of credit facilities made available to Frontdoor;

  • 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.