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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.

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.