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Rob Mathews
Leveraged & Acquisition Finance, Capital Markets, High Yield Bonds
"Rob is a high yield guru – you know you can rely on his technical advice and market knowledge."
Chambers UK
Visión general
Rob Mathew's clients benefit from his significant experience in multinational corporate and finance transactions, notably high-yield debt offerings. Working with investment banks and corporates, he brings insight and rigour to securities and other finance transactions, including cross-border Rule 144A and Regulation S debt and equity offerings and restructurings.
Experiencia
- Acted for the syndicate of twelve initial purchasers in connection with the offering of USD 500 million 9.250% Senior Secured Notes due 2029 by Encore Capital Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: ECPG), an international specialty finance company.*
- Represented EquipmentShare.com Inc on its fourth offering of high yield bonds, consisting of USD 500 million 8.000% senior secured second lien notes 2033. Citigroup acted as lead physical bookrunning manager for a syndicate of 13 investment banks.*
- Represented a syndicate of ten investment banks on a USD 2.5 billion high yield bond offering and concurrent six-tiered tender offer/liability management exercise for Teva Pharmaceuticals. Designated as banks counsel to Teva since 2009 across its debt capital structure, including the committed financing backing Teva's USD 40.5 billion acquisition of Allergan Generics.*
- Acted for the syndicate of investment banks on Pegasus Airlines’ offering of USD 500 million senior notes due 2031. Represented the dealer managers in connection with the concurrent tender offer for its 2026 notes.*
- Acted for JSC Georgia Global Utilities, a key player in the water utility and renewable energy sectors in Georgia, in connection with its offering of USD 300 million 8.875% covenanted guaranteed notes due 2029. The notes were green bonds with proceeds to be allocated to Eligible Projects.*
Reconocimeinto
- "Rob is a high yield guru – you know you can rely on his technical advice and market knowledge." - Chambers UK
- "client-focused, solution-oriented and commercial; he has many years of experience and is able to advise on any issue." - Legal 500
- Ranked, Chambers UK
- Leading Individual, Legal 500
Educación
- New York University School of Law, JD
- New York University School of Business, MBA
Admisiones
- England & Wales (Registered Foreign Lawyer)
- Nueva York