Matthew P. Carpinello

Matthew Carpinello is Counsel in Simpson Thacher’s Real Estate Department, where he focuses on advising lenders on complex real estate financings. He represents credit funds, private equity firms, banks and other institutional lenders in the origination of mezzanine loans, mortgage loans, construction loans, preferred equity investments, note-on-note loans, participations, repurchase facilities and other structured credit transactions. His work spans all real estate asset classes, including office, retail, healthcare (including senior living facilities), hotels and resorts, industrial, mixed-use and multifamily, among others.

With a practice spanning the full investment lifecycle, Matthew also has significant experience in the distressed real estate space, regularly advising lenders in loan workouts, restructurings, loan sales, enforcement actions, discounted pay-offs, deed-in-lieu transactions and foreclosures.

In addition, Matthew has extensive experience representing borrowers at all levels of the capital stack. 

Notable experience prior to joining Simpson Thacher includes:

• Represented real estate fund, as lender, on the origination of a $75 million construction loan to be used for the completion of a stalled luxury beach resort project located in the Dutch Caribbean and flagged under a leading international hotel brand.
• Represented real estate fund, as lender, on the origination of a $100 million mezzanine loan secured by a distressed luxury condominium project located in New York City.
• Represented non-bank lender on the origination of a $175 million mortgage and mezzanine loan secured by a luxury residential construction project located in Los Angeles.
• Represented private equity fund, concurrently as both lender and borrower, in the origination of (i) a $275 million construction loan to be used for the expansion of an internationally known major movie studio campus and (ii) a $125 million note-on-note financing secured by the $275 million note.
• Represented asset management firm, as lender, on (i) the origination of a $40 million refinancing of a newly-constructed beach resort in Florida, subject to an existing EB-5 mezzanine loan and (ii) the subsequent sale of the loan.
• Represented a publicly traded REIT, as buyer, on the acquisition of a $60 million mortgage loan secured by a residential development located in New York City.
• Represented sovereign wealth fund, as borrower, on the simultaneous origination of six separate loans (each from a different lender) totaling over $4 billion of loan proceeds and secured by over 290 industrial assets located across the United States.
• Represented private equity firm, as borrower, on the origination of a mortgage loan, senior mezzanine loan and junior mezzanine loan (each from a different lender) totaling over $415 million of loan proceeds and secured by an office building located in the United States.
• Represented a family office, as borrower, in obtaining a $388 million mortgage and mezzanine loan secured by a luxury condominium development located in New York City.

Matthew Carpinello received his J.D., cum laude, from the George Washington University School of Law, where he was a member of the George Washington International Law Review and a George Washington Scholar. He is admitted to practice in New York.