A Partner in Simpson Thacher’s Public Company Advisory Practice in New York, Charlie focuses on advising public company clients across numerous industries on a wide range of transactional, compliance and corporate governance matters. He regularly advises in-house counsel, management, boards of directors and board committees in connection with initial public offerings, corporate governance matters, compliance with U.S. federal securities laws, requirements of the major U.S. stock exchanges and other general corporate law matters.
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Work Highlights
- PPD in its $1.86 billion IPO and a variety of board, governance and disclosure matters
- KKR Real Estate Finance Trust in a variety of board, governance and disclosure matters
- Change Healthcare in its $928 million IPO and its concurrent public offering of 6% tangible equity units
- Academy Sports and Outdoors in its $200 million IPO and a variety board, governance and disclosure matters
- Hilton Worldwide Holdings in a variety of board, governance and disclosure matters
- Finance of America Companies in $1.9 billion SPAC transaction and a variety of board, governance and disclosure matters
- Taylor Morrison Home Corporation in a variety of board, governance and disclosure matters
- Performance Food Group in its $317 million IPO
Education
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Fordham University School of Law, 2013 J.D.
summa cum laude; Order of the Coif; Fordham Law Review, Articles and Notes Editor; Henrietta Metcalf Prize in Contracts; Fordham Law School Legal Writing Award; Fordham Law School Prize; Wilkinson Scholar
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Loyola University Maryland, 2008 B.B.A.
Charlie Mathes is a Partner in Simpson Thacher’s New York office. As a member of the Firm’s Public Company Advisory Practice, Charlie focuses on advising public company clients across a broad range of industries regarding their initial public offerings, corporate governance matters, compliance with U.S. federal securities laws, requirements of the major U.S. stock exchanges and other general corporate law matters.
Charlie regularly assists in-house counsel, management, boards of directors and board committees on SEC and stock exchange disclosure and reporting requirements, director and executive compensation, corporate governance, director independence and shareholder activism. His practice also focuses on new developments and changing best practices in governance matters.
Recent experience includes advising:
- PPD in its $1.86 billion IPO and a variety of board, governance and disclosure matters
- KKR Real Estate Finance Trust in a variety of board, governance and disclosure matters
- Change Healthcare in its $928 million IPO and its concurrent public offering of 6% tangible equity units
- Academy Sports and Outdoors in its $200 million IPO and a variety of board, governance and disclosure matters
- Hilton Worldwide Holdings in a variety of board, governance and disclosure matters
- Finance of America Companies in $1.9 billion SPAC transaction and a variety of board, governance and disclosure matters
- Taylor Morrison Home Corporation in a variety of board, governance and disclosure matters
- Performance Food Group in its $317 million IPO
- Frontdoor in a variety of board, governance and disclosure matters
- TransUnion in connection with public company advice related to multiple secondary offerings
- Blackstone Mortgage Trust in connection with public company advice related to offerings of convertible senior notes and common stock
Charlie received his J.D., summa cum laude, from Fordham University School of Law in 2013 and his B.B.A. from Loyola University Maryland in 2008. He is admitted to practice in New York.