Mateo Firoz Hussein is a restructuring associate in the London office of Kirkland & Ellis International LLP. Mateo advises private equity sponsors, investment funds, borrowers and creditors on restructurings, financings, liability management transactions and opportunistic credit investments across the capital structure and credit spectrum.
Mateo also has experience on a wide range of cross-border leveraged finance transactions and debt issuances.
Experience
Representative Matters
National Resilience — Representation of National Resilience, a leading a North American contract development and manufacturing organization (CDMO), in a comprehensive out-of-court restructuring of certain lease obligations and a corresponding capital raise of $825 million of new money from Oak Hill Advisors and its co-investors. The comprehensive transactions provide National Resilience with capital to pay down existing debt and fund capital expenditures to build out manufacturing capabilities to support its diverse customer base.
Prior Experience
Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP
Associate, 2023–2024
Kirkland & Ellis International LLP
Associate, 2022–2023
Trainee Solicitor, 2020–2022
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Credentials
Admissions & Qualifications
2022, Admitted to practice as a Solicitor of England and Wales
2025, New York
Languages
English
Spanish
Education
Queens’ College, University of CambridgeM.A. (Cantab)2023
Queens’ College, University of CambridgeB.A. (Hons), Law2019
