Mateo Todd Aceves

Since joining Kirkland, Mateo has represented:

• Lenders in connection with the $3.4 billion Train 3 refinancing for Freeport LNG.
• Lenders in the approximately $1.27 billion refinancing for Train 2 of the Freeport LNG facility.
• Clean Energy Future Lordstown, owned by a Macquarie-led sponsor group, on the upsizing and amendment of its $534.4 million financing for the approximately 940 megawatt Lordstown Energy Center natural-gas-fueled electric generation facility in Trumbull County, Ohio.
• Lenders, led by Credit Agricole and Investec Bank, in the financing of the 644MW Bayonne Energy Center gas-fired power project in New Jersey.
• AE Industrial Partners on its acquisition of Gryphon Technologies and associated restructuring of CDI Corp.
• Arsenal Capital Partners on its acquisition of Fralock, a specialized materials manufacturing firm.

Prior to joining Kirkland, Mateo's representative matters included:

• Cheniere Energy Inc. on reaching a positive Final Investment Decision with respect to Train 3 of its Corpus Christi liquefaction project and its entry into a $750 million revolving credit facility.

• Cheniere Corpus Christi Holdings, LLC, on its issuance of $1.5 billion of senior secured notes and the amendment and restatement of its $6.1 billion credit facilities in connection with a project expansion.

• UnitedHealth Group on its acquisition of the Chilean health insurer and hospital operator Banmédica for $2.7 billion.

• SoftBank Group in a series of transactions monetizing a portion of its shares of Alibaba Group Holding Limited for a total transaction size of $10 billion, including the issuance of over $6 billion in hybrid equity "Mandatory Exchangeable Trust Securities." 

• Bumble Bee Foods, a portfolio company of Lion Capital LLP, in connection with its entry into a $650 million senior secured term loan and a $200 million ABL credit facility.

• Zodiac Pool Solutions, a portfolio company of Rhône Capital, in connection with its €1.2 billion recapitalization and merger with Fluidra, S.A.

• First Republic Bank on various debt and equity transactions.

• CIT Group Inc. on various debt and equity transactions.

• A leading publicly traded higher education company in its take-private sale to a private-equity consortium.

• TerraForm Power and TerraForm Global in their sale to Brookfield (Canada) and a related settlement of claims with parent SunEdison.

Sullivan & Cromwell LLP, 2015–2018