Matthew M. Delja

Matthew’s experience prior to joining Latham includes advising:

• San Francisco Downtown Development Corporation on funding arrangements for major downtown revitalization projects
• Portage, the global alternative asset manager of Sagard’s fintech investment platform, on acquiring select assets of Point72 Ventures’ fintech portfolio as part of a US$280 million continuation vehicle to be managed by a Portage affiliate
• Easy Solar and parent company Azimuth on a cross-border transaction involving refinancing Easy Solar’s debt portfolio and restructuring Azimuth’s shareholder capital structure
• Stone Point Credit and Benefit Street Partners, a global alternative credit asset manager, on a US$200 million private credit facility and a US$75 million revolving credit facility provided to Flow Traders, a global trading firm
• StepStone Group and its managed funds as lead investor on ERA Partners’ continuation vehicle for American Aviation Holdings
• HarbourVest on multiple investments and divestments
• Ambev on:
  • The sale by Cervecería Nacional Dominicana’s to Koscab Holdings of Caribbean-based beverage producers in Saint Lucia, Barbados, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Antigua, and Dominica
  • Its investment in Cervecería Nacional Dominicana
  • Various bottling and distribution arrangements
• KeyBank on multiple transactions
• TPG on:
  • The Rise Fund acting as lead investor in Hayden AI Technologies’ Series C financing
  • TPG Capital acquiring Classic Collision, a leading national collision repair multisite operator
  • TPG Growth in connection with U.S. Steel’s investment in Big River Steel, valuing Big River Steel at US$2.325 billion
  • Various portfolio company matters
• Mitsui on:
  • Mitsui USA acquiring a non-controlling interest in Capitala, a private equity and credit manager, and forming a strategic partnership between the two firms
  • Selling Transfreight North America, a wholly owned subsidiary that provides logistics services primarily to automotive manufacturers, to US-based Penske Logistics
  • Acquiring a 20% limited partnership interest in Penske Truck Leasing, a full-service truck leasing, truck rental, and logistics business that mainly operates in the US, from General Electric Capital
  • Various transactions during secondment to Mitsui’s Legal Division in Tokyo, Japan
• Lightspeed Venture Partners on certain transactions
• Funds managed by Oaktree Capital Management on:
  • Investing in a Quid Capital venture, which will offer liquidity benefits to shareholders of high-growth private technology companies
  • Launching Encina Lender Finance, an independent lender finance platform targeting commercial and consumer specialty finance companies in the US and Canada
• Amazon as a strategic partner to Yankee Global Enterprises on acquiring the YES Network from The Walt Disney Company at a US$3.47 billion enterprise value
• Gramercy Funds Management on multiple transactions
• Hojeij Branded Foods, a Morgan Stanley Investment Management portfolio company, on its US$330 million sale to Lagardère Travel Retail
• Elliott on its US$540 million redeemable preferred stock investment in Roadrunner Transportation Systems, an asset-right transportation and asset-light logistics service provider
• CPP Investments on multiple transactions
• Allergan on its:
  • US$2.9 billion acquisition of LifeCell, a regenerative medicine business
  • US$639 million acquisition of Vitae Pharmaceuticals, a clinical-stage biotechnology company
• Noven Pharmaceuticals on selling its Brisdelle and Pexeva product lines to Sebela International
• Dealer Tire on selling Dealer Tire Canada’s assets to Groupe Touchette
• Lauro Cinquantasette on its €315 million sale of Prime European Therapeuticals to Albany Molecular Research
• Kelso & Company on:
  • Its investment in BradyPLUS
  • Acquiring Sirius Computer Solutions, a national IT solutions integrator
• Morgan Stanley Private Equity on acquiring CoAdvantage, a professional employer organization
• Stone Point Capital on its significant equity investment in specialty insurance broker Alliant Insurance Services, with KKR retaining a significant equity investment in the business
• Healogics, a Clayton, Dubilier & Rice portfolio company, on acquiring Accelecare Wound Centers
• A specialty chemical producer on its facilities expansion and supply agreement
• Clayton, Dubilier & Rice on:
  • Acquiring PharMEDium, a provider of sterile compounding services to hospital pharmacies
  • Its US$910 million acquisition of Healogics, the largest advanced wound care services provider in the US