Matthew Fisher is a Partner in Simpson Thacher’s Mergers and Acquisitions practice. Based in the Firm’s Boston office, he counsels private equity sponsors and their portfolio companies, as well as corporate clients, on complex transactional matters. His practice focuses on leveraged buyouts, mergers and acquisitions, divestitures, minority investments, joint ventures and recapitalizations, in addition to other corporate matters. He has advised numerous private equity sponsors, including Abry Partners, American Securities, Audax Group, Bain Capital Private Equity, GTCR, L Catterton Partners, New Mountain Partners, Partners Group, Silversmith Capital Partners, Summit Partners, TA Associates, Thomas H. Lee Partners and TPG Growth on transactions that span across multiple industries, including consumer, financial services, healthcare, industrials, insurance and technology, among many others.
Notable experience since joining Simpson Thacher includes advising:
Private Equity Transactions:
- Bain Capital Private Equity in the pending recapitalization of one of its portfolio companies.
- GTCR in its investment in Clear Capital.
- New Mountain Capital and its portfolio companies in multiple transactions, including its sale of Citrin Cooperman and the expansion of Grant Thornton Advisors’ multinational platform through the acquisitions of Grant Thornton UAE, Grant Thornton Cayman, Grant Thornton Netherlands and Grant Thornton Channel Islands and the pending acquisition of Grant Thornton Luxembourg.
Corporate Transactions:
- Blade Air Mobility in the sale of its passenger division to Joby Aviation.
- CBRE Group in its acquisition of Industrious National Management Company.
- Founder of Shutterstock in the pending sale of Shutterstock to Getty Images.
- Microsoft Corporation in the establishment of, and its investment in, AI Infrastructure Partnership (AIP) alongside BlackRock, MGX, NVIDIA, xAI and others and in AIP’s pending acquisition of Aligned Data Centers.
Notable experience prior to joining Simpson Thacher includes advising:
- Abry Partners in numerous transactions, including its acquisitions of Ascend Healthcare, Benefit Resource, Best Lawyers, Franklin Energy Group, Millennium Trust Company, PayFlex, Propark Mobility, NetNumber Global Data Services, Screenvision Media and Turnberry Solutions; deleveraging and recapitalization of FastMed; investments in Ascend Healthcare, Cardiff Insurance Group, Prime Capital Investment Advisors and Recovery Point Systems; recapitalization of alliantgroup; and sales of Casamba and The Hilb Group.
- American Securities in its acquisition of Trace3.
- Audax Group in the acquisition of Allied Wire & Cable and its sale of Altasciences.
- Bain Capital Private Equity in multiple transactions, including its acquisitions of Ahlstrom-Munksjö Oyj, Imperial Dade and Varsity Brands; deleveraging and recapitalization of Apex Tool Group; recapitalization of Imperial Dade and related formation of a single-asset continuation fund; and sale of a significant equity stake in Imperial Dade.
- Intervale Capital in the acquisitions of Elite Production Services and Whitetail Well Testing.
- L Catterton in its acquisition of West Marine and restructuring and recapitalization of West Marine.
- Origami Capital Partners in its investment in Mondee.
- Partners Group and its portfolio company, Confluent Health, in the acquisition of MOTION PT Group.
- Summit Partners in multiple transactions, including its acquisitions of Metro Tech Services and Teaching Strategies; investment in Brooklinen; and sale of Teaching Strategies.
- TA Associates in its investment in ARI Network Services.
- Thomas H. Lee Partners in its acquisition of Insurance Technologies.
- TPG Growth in the acquisitions of People 2.0 and TalentWave.
Prior to joining Simpson Thacher, Matthew was a partner at another large international law firm.
Matthew received his J.D., cum laude, from Boston University School of Law in 2017 and his B.A., cum laude, from Syracuse University in 2014.