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Matt is a Senior Associate in Freshfield’s Energy, Transport and Infrastructure group within the Global M&A and Capital practice. Matt advises leading private equity and private credit funds, financial institutions and corporations on range of financing transactions for infrastructure assets, including acquisition financings and refinancings by implementation of multi-sourced debt platforms.
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- Leading credit funds and financial institutions on multiple back-leverage financings in respect of a range of digital and other infrastructure assets across a variety of financing structures (including loan on loan, loan on senior notes, loan on junior notes and in respect of debt platform participations).
- PD Ports (Brookfield and Pontegadea) on its multi-sourced common terms debt platform refinancing.
- AGS Airports (PSP Investments, AviAlliance and Blackstone) on its multi-sourced common terms debt platform refinancing after previously advising the PSP and AviAlliance on the acquisition of AGS Airports from Ferrovial and Macquarie.
- Apterra, PGIM and Arkea on the refinancing of GPS Group (MML Capital and Metric Capital Partners), a global leader in circular-economy logistics.
- The lenders in respect of Actis’ acquisition of a carved out tower portfolio from Telekom Serbija, a leading telecommunications operator in the CEE region.
- Boldyn Networks (CPPIB, AIMCo, Manulife) in relation to its growth facilities, including to fund ongoing capex in relation to its Transport for London concession to provide digital infrastructure solutions on the London Underground.
- WE Soda on each financing supporting its acquisition of Genesis Alkali from NYSE listed Genesis Energy LP at an implied enterprise value of $1.425 billion, establishing WE Soda as the largest global producer of soda ash.
- Ciner Group and WE Soda in relation to multiple financings, including a platform financing supported by multiple ECAs, as well as acquisition, holdco and bridge credit facilities.
- The lenders on the holdco financing to recapitalise Energy Infrastructure Partner’s minority investment in the French renewables arm of Boralex.
- The lenders on Phoenix Energy’s refinancing, the largest gas distributor in Northern Ireland.
Matt Bastion
Senior Associate
London Office
100 Bishopsgate
London EC2P 2SR