Matthew R. Pacey, P.C.
Overview
Matt “is a force to work with: he is effective, he knows his stuff and he represents his clients well.” - Chambers 2021
Matt advises clients on a wide variety of complex capital markets transactions, including initial public offerings, high yield and investment grade notes offerings, structured capital and liability management matters, particularly for private equity-backed and venture capital-backed companies. Matt also regularly advises public company boards on governance, conflicts and sensitive SEC compliance and disclosure matters. He has extensive experience in the energy, infrastructure, digital infrastructure, technology and aviation sectors.
Matt is consistently recognized as one of the leading capital markets advisors in the United States, including by Chambers USA (Band 1 for United States Capital Markets: Debt and Equity), The Legal 500 U.S. and IFLR1000. Clients and peers note that Matt “is a tremendous resource and a real powerhouse in capital markets” and “is extremely responsive and user-friendly and provides very practical advice and recommendations.”
Experience
Representative Matters
Recent Initial Public Offerings and Direct Listings
- BETA Technologies, Inc., a manufacturer of electric aircraft, components and propulsion and charging systems backed by venture capital, in its pending initial public offering
- Legence Corp., an engineering, installation and maintenance services provider backed by Blackstone, in its $780 million initial public offering
- Infinity Natural Resources, an oil and gas producer backed by Pearl Energy Investments and NGP, in its $276 million initial public offering
- Rice Acquisition Corporation 3, a SPAC affiliated with the Rice Investment Group, in its $345 million initial public offering
- Talen Energy Corporation, an independent power producer and infrastructure company, in its $6 billion direct listing on the Nasdaq Global Select Market
- Kodiak Gas Services, Inc., an energy infrastructure and compression services provider backed by EQT Partners, in its $292 million initial public offering
- Vine Energy Inc., an oil and gas producer backed by Blackstone, in its $324 million
Recent De-SPAC Transactions
- Pathfinder Acquisition Corp. on its initial public offerings and $504 million business combination with Movella Holdings, a provider of software and other technology related to the digitization of movement
- Bitcoin Depot, a digital asset company, in its initial listing on the Nasdaq through a SPAC business combination
- Janus International, an industrial manufacturer backed by Clearlake Capital, in its initial listing on the NYSE through a SPAC business combination
- Star Peak Energy Transition Corp. on its initial public offering and $1.35 billion business combination with Stem, Inc., a global leader in clean energy storage systems
- Star Peak Corp II on its initial public offering and $1.35 billion business combination with Benson Hill, Inc., a sustainable food technology company
- Rice Acquisition Corp. in its $1.15 billion business combination with Aria Energy LLC and Archaea Energy LLC to form Archaea Energy, a renewable natural gas company
Recent Notes Offerings and Acquistion Finance
- CoreWeave, Inc., a publicly-traded operator of AI datacenters, in multiple offerings of senior notes with aggregate proceeds of $3.75 billion
- EQT Corporation, a publicly-traded gas producer, in multiple offerings of senior notes and convertible notes with aggregate proceeds of $ 8.3 billion
- Devon Energy Corporation, a publicly-traded oil and gas producer in its offering of $2.25 billion in senior notes
- A special-purpose entity related to a semiconductor fabrication facility in multiple offerings of senior notes with aggregate proceeds of over $11 billion
- NorthRiver Midstream, a private midstream energy company backed by Brookfield, in connection with its offering of $525 million senior notes
- Genesee & Wyoming Inc., a rail and transportation services company backed by Brookfield, in connection with its offering of $700 million of senior secured notesAscent Resources, a private equity-backed oil and gas producer, in multiple offerings of senior notes with aggregate proceeds of $2.1 billion
- Northern Oil and Gas, Inc., a publicly-traded oil and gas producer, in multiple offerings of senior notes and convertible notes with aggregate proceeds of $ 2.2 billion
- Kodiak Gas Services, a publicly-traded energy infrastructure and compression services provider, in its $750 million offering of senior notes
- Magnolia Oil & Gas Corporation, a publicly-traded oil and gas producer, in its offering of $400 million in senior notes.
- Earthstone Energy, a publicly-traded oil and gas producer, in its offering of $500 million in senior notes
- Nine Energy Service, Inc., a publicly traded oil field services company, in its offering of units consisting of $300 million of senior secured notes and 1.5 million shares of common stock
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Recognition
Recognized in Chambers USA, America’s Leading Lawyers for Business, 2018–2025
Recognized in The Legal 500 U.S. for Capital Markets: Equity Offerings (2018) Capital Markets: Debt Offerings (2015 & 2020), Capital Markets: Equity (2025) and Capital Markets: High-Yield Debt Offerings (2021–2025)
Recognized in IFLR1000 for Capital Markets: Debt and Capital Markets: Equity, 2019–2024
Recognized in Chambers Global, The World's Leading Lawyers for Business for Capital Markets: Debt & Equity: Central US, 2020–2025
Selected to the Super Lawyers Texas Super Lawyers list, 2018–2020, 2023–2025. Super Lawyers is a Thomson Reuters service
Selected to the Super Lawyers Texas Rising Stars list, 2010–2017. Super Lawyers is a Thomson Reuters service
Selected to the U.S. News and World Report, Best Lawyers® list for Securities/Capital Markets Law, 2016–2019
Credentials
Admissions & Qualifications
- 2002Texas
Education
- University of Texas at Austin School of LawJ.D.with Honors2002Order of the Coif
- Texas A&M UniversityB.A., Mathematics; B.A., English1999