Mathieu Kohmann

Initial Public Offerings and other Equity Offerings

• Chardan Capital Markets, LLC in the upsized $60 million initial public offering of Bayview Acquisition Corp, focusing on target businesses in Asia
• Cambridge Franchise Holdings, LLC, an affiliate of New York-based principal investment firm Garnett Station Partners, LLC, in a registered secondary at-the-market offering for shares of Carrols Restaurant Group, Inc. (Nasdaq: TAST) and a series of VWAP forward sales transactions structured as sales under Rule 144 and Rule 10b5-1(c)
• Vince McMahon in the $666 million secondary offering of 8.4 million shares of TKO Group Holding, Inc. (NYSE: TKO), underwritten by Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC and MUFG Securities Americas Inc. and generating approximately $642 million of net proceeds for Mr. McMahon. In connection with the offering, TKO agreed to repurchase from the underwriters approximately $100 million of shares. TKO is a sports and entertainment company that was created by Endeavor Group Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: EDR) and World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc. (previously NYSE: WWE) (WWE) in September 2023 and brought together UFC, a mixed martial arts organization, and WWE, an integrated media organization and a global leader in sports entertainment
• BTIG, LLC in the upsized $170 million initial public offering of Colombier Acquisition Corp. II, focusing on industries that complement the management team’s background and network, such as companies categorized by Entrepreneurship, Innovation, and Growth (“EIG”), including but not limited to parallel economies, the return of products and services developed within the United States, sectors with impaired value due to certain investor mandates and businesses within regulated areas that are disrupting inefficiencies related thereto
• Chardan Capital Markets, LLC in the $69 million initial public offering of Bellevue Life Sciences Acquisition Corp., targeting companies in the healthcare industry
• Iconic Sports in its investment in London-based group Eagle Football, which acquired a significant controlling stake in Olympique Lyonnais Groupe SA
• Infinite Acquisition Corp., a special purpose acquisition company sponsored by Thirty Five Ventures, co-founded and led by Kevin Durant and Rich Kleiman, and LionTree, a leading investment and merchant bank, and focusing on creative industries in media, tech, sports, consumer, and the evolving digital economy, in its $276 million initial public offering
• Iconic Sports Acquisition Corp., a special purpose acquisition company sponsored by James G. Dinan, Alexander Knaster, Edward Eisler and Tifosy SponsorCo LLC, an affiliate of Tifosy Capital & Advisory, a leading boutique sports advisory firm, and focusing on businesses in the global sports industry or an adjacent sector including data and analytics, media and technology, in its $345 million initial public offering
• ARYA Sciences Acquisition Corp V, a special purpose acquisition company sponsored by Perceptive Advisors and focusing on the healthcare or healthcare related industries, in its $149.5 million initial public offering
• OCM Montrose Holdings, a holding company made up of funds managed by Oaktree Capital Management, in its preferred equity investment in Montrose Environmental Group, a provider of environmental services and the following initial public offering 
• Citigroup Global Markets Inc., J.P. Morgan Securities LLC and Barclays Capital Inc. in the $250 million initial public offering of Hudson Executive Investment Corp. II, focusing on technology-driven and disruptive companies
• Jefferies LLC and BTIG, LLC in the $220 million initial public offering of EQ Health Acquisition Corp., focusing on undervalued, growth-oriented business in the healthcare services industry that can benefit from the founder’s differentiated and proprietary deal flow, leading brand name and global network
• Citigroup Global Markets Inc. and Barclays Capital Inc. in the $300 million initial public offering of FinServ Acquisition Corp. II, focusing on financial technology and financial services industries with an equity value of approximately $500 million to $2.0 billion, with particular emphasis on businesses that are using technology to disrupt traditional financial services, asset management and related services, specialty finance, insurance and real estate services
• Citigroup Global Markets Inc., J.P. Morgan Securities LLC and Barclays Capital Inc. in the $600 million initial public offering of Hudson Executive Investment Corp. III, focusing on technology-driven, disruptive companies with desirable growth-oriented characteristics as well as on more mature businesses with attractive cash flow characteristics and long-term, sustainable growth profiles
• BTIG, LLC in the $230 million initial public offering of BOA Acquisition Corp., focusing on businesses that provide technological solutions and innovation to the broader real estate industry
• ARYA Sciences Acquisition Corp IV, a special purpose acquisition company sponsored by Perceptive Advisors and focusing on the healthcare or healthcare related industries, in its $149.5 million initial public offering
• Citigroup Global Markets Inc. and Jefferies LLC in the $255.8 million initial public offering of VPC Impact Acquisition Holdings II, focusing on global high-growth businesses in the Fintech industry with operations or prospective operations predominantly outside of the United States
• Citigroup Global Markets Inc. and Jefferies LLC in the $253.8 million initial public offering of VPC Impact Acquisition Holdings III, Inc., focusing on high-growth businesses in the Fintech industry headquartered in the United States or with operations or prospective operations within the United States
• BTIG, LLC in the $287.5 million initial public offering of Golden Arrow Merger Corp., focusing on a prospective target business in the healthcare or healthcare-related infrastructure industries in the United States and other developed countries 
• Jefferies LLC and Siebert Williams Shank & Co., LLC, Academy Securities, Inc., Blaylock Van, LLC, C.L. King & Associates, Inc., Loop Capital Markets LLC and Samuel A Ramirez & Company, Inc. in the $276,000,000 initial public offering of Empowerment & Inclusion Capital I Corp., a special-purpose acquisition company with the unique, purpose-driven mission to acquire a diverse-led business or a business focused on promoting an inclusive economy and society
• Citigroup Global Markets Inc., Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC and Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC in the $450,000,000 initial public offering of Altimeter Growth Corp. 2, focusing on identifying, acquiring, and operating a business in a secular-growth area of the technology sector
• L&F Acquisition Corp., a special purpose acquisition company, sponsored by Jeffrey C. Hammes, Adam Gerchen, Tom Gazdziakin and focusing on the technology and services businesses in the governance, risk, compliance and legal (“GRCL”) sector, its $175,087,500 million initial public offering
• B. Riley Securities in the $236,191,200 initial public offering of Roman DBDR Tech Acquisition Corp., focusing on companies in the technology, media and telecom industries
• BTIG LLC in the $232.3 million initial public offering of Zanite Acquisition Corp., focusing on businesses in the Aviation, Aerospace & Defense, Urban Mobility and Emerging Technology industries
• BCLS Acquisition Corp., a special purpose acquisition company sponsored by Bain Capital Life Sciences, LP, in its $143.75 million initial public offering
• Tailwind Acquisition Corp., a special purpose acquisition company sponsored by Philip Krim, Chris Hollod and Alan Sherriff and focused on the consumer internet, digital media and marketing technology sectors, in its $330 million initial public offering
• Citigroup Global Markets Inc., Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC and J.P. Morgan Securities LLC in the $690 million initial public offering of Dragoneer Growth Opportunities Corp., focusing on businesses in on software, internet, media, consumer/retail, healthcare IT and financial services/fintech
• SVB Leerink LLC in the $166.75 million initial public offering of BCTG Acquisition Corp., sponsored by an affiliate of Boxer Capital, LLC, focusing on innovative companies in the biotechnology sector in North America and Europe
• J.P. Morgan Securities LLC in the $402.5 million initial public offering of Ribbit LEAP, Ltd., focusing on target businesses at the intersection of financial services and technology
• UBS Securities LLC, Stifel, Nicolaus & Company, Incorporated and Cowen and Company, LLC in the $404.23 million initial public offering of Starboard Value Acquisition Corp., focusing on technology, healthcare, consumer, industrials and hospitality & entertainment sectors
• Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC in the $828 million initial public offering of Cohn Robbins Holdings Corp., focusing on the consumer, technology, software and fintech sectors
• Jefferies LLC in the $200 million initial public offering of VPC Impact Acquisition Holdings, focusing on the fintech sector
• Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC in the $239.75 million initial public offering of Aspirational Consumer Lifestyle Corp., focusing on businesses with premium brands that offer an aspirational lifestyle experience to consumers
• Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC and PJT Partners LP in the $450 million initial public offering of Sports Entertainment Acquisition Corp., focusing on the sports and entertainment sectors as well as the technology and services that are associated with these verticals
• Citigroup Global Markets Inc., Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC and Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC in the $500 million initial public offering of Altimeter Growth Corp., focusing on identifying, acquiring, and operating a business in a secular-growth area of the technology sector
• Jefferies LLC in the $115 million initial public offering of Helix Acquisition Corp., focusing on healthcare or healthcare related industries
• Jefferies LLC and Macquarie Capital (USA) Inc. in the $250 million initial public offering of Tekkorp Digital Acquisition Corp., focusing on digital media, sports, entertainment, leisure and gaming industries
• J.P. Morgan Securities LLC and Jefferies LLC in the $250 million initial public offering of Empower Ltd., focusing on consumer-facing enterprises
• UBS Investment Bank in the $300 million initial public offering of DPCM Capital, Inc., focusing on the technology sector
• B. Riley Securities, Inc. in the $200 million initial public offering of Spartacus Acquisition Corporation, focusing on telecommunications, media and technology companies
• Stifel, Nicolaus & Company, Incorporated and H.C. Wainwright & Co., LLC in the $100 million initial public offering of Eucrates Biomedical Acquisition Corp., focusing on the biomedical or healthcare-related industries
• Avanti Acquisition Corp., a special purpose acquisition company sponsored by an affiliate of NNS Group and Sienna Capital, in connection with its $600 million initial public offering 
• DNB Markets, Inc., in the at-the-market offering of $23.5 million in shares of common stock of Safe Bulkers, Inc.
• ARYA Sciences Acquisition Corp III, a special purpose acquisition company sponsored by Perceptive Advisors and focusing on the healthcare or healthcare related industries, in its $149.5 million initial public offering
• Yucaipa Acquisition Corporation, a special purpose acquisition company led by Ronald W. Burkle, in its $345 million initial public offering
• Chardan Capital Markets LLC, Barclays Capital Inc. and B. Riley FBR, Inc. in the $160 million initial public offering of Health Sciences Acquisitions Corporation 2, targeting companies domiciled in North America or Europe that are developing assets in the biopharma and medical technology sectors
• Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. and UBS Securities LLC in the $143.75 million initial public offering of Deerfield Healthcare Technology Acquisitions Corp., focusing on healthcare or healthcare-related industries in the United States and other developed countries
• ARYA Sciences Acquisition Corp II, a special purpose acquisition company sponsored by Perceptive Advisors and focusing on the healthcare or healthcare related industries, in its $149.5 million initial public offering
• Citigroup Global Markets Inc., J.P. Morgan Securities LLC and SVB Leerink LLC in the $414 million initial public offering of Hudson Executive Investment Corp., focusing on FinTech and healthcare, including healthcare information technology, services and products
• Citigroup Global Markets Inc., UBS Securities LLC and BTIG, LLC in the $276 million initial public offering of Capstar Special Purpose Acquisition Corp., focusing on the consumer, healthcare and technology, media and telecommunications industries
• Jaws Acquisition Corp., a special purpose acquisition company led by Barry S. Sternlicht and Joseph L. Dowling, in its $690 million initial public offering
• Affimed N.V., a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on discovering and developing targeted cancer immunotherapies, in its at-the-market offering of $50 million common shares
• Chardan Capital Markets, LLC and B. Riley FBR, Inc. in the $85 million initial public offering of Chardan Healthcare Acquisition 2 Corp., focusing on target businesses that have their primary operations located in North America in the healthcare industry
• Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., Jefferies LLC and UBS Securities LLC in the $230 million initial public offering of DFP Healthcare Acquisitions Corp., focusing on target businesses in the healthcare or healthcare-related industries
• Chardan Capital Markets, LLC and B. Riley FBR, Inc. in the $60 million initial public offering of LifeSci Acquisition Corp., focusing on target businesses that have their primary operations located in North America in the healthcare industry
• BTIG, LLC in the $287.5 million initial public offering of Alussa Energy Acquisition Corp., focusing on businesses that complement the management team’s expertise in the production, operation and development of crude oil and natural gas wells and related infrastructure and the ability of management team to source, screen, evaluate, negotiate, structure, close and manage acquisitions of energy assets or businesses globally
• B. Riley FBR, Inc. in the $ 149.5 million initial public offering of Software Acquisition Group Inc., focusing on software companies, especially those targeting enterprise vertical sectors owned by private equity and venture capital firms as well as corporate carve-outs
• Affimed N.V., a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on discovering and developing targeted cancer immunotherapies, in its follow on offering of 13,800,000 common shares
• Barclays Capital Inc. and Cantor Fitzgerald & Co. in the $250 million initial public offering of FinServ Acquisition Corp., focusing on business combination targets in the financial services industry or businesses providing technology services to the financial services industry
• New Providence Acquisition Corp., a special purpose acquisition company sponsored by former consumer industry executives and focusing on target businesses in the consumer industry, in its $230 million initial public offering
• Oaktree Acquisition Corp., a special purpose acquisition company sponsored by an affiliate of Oaktree Capital Management, L.P. and focusing on target businesses in the industrial and consumer sectors, in its $201 million initial public offering
• Conyers Park II Acquisition Corp., a special purpose acquisition company sponsored by an affiliate of Centerview Capital Holdings LLC and focusing on target businesses in the consumer and consumer-related sectors, in its $450 million initial public offering
• Citigroup Global Markets Inc. in the $250 million initial public offering of South Mountain Merger Corp., focusing on business combination targets in the financial technology segment of the broader financial services industry
• ARYA Sciences Acquisition Corp., a special purpose acquisition company sponsored by Perceptive Advisors and focusing on the healthcare or healthcare related industries, in its $125 million initial public offering
• The underwriters (Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC, Deutsche Bank Securities and Leerink Partners), led by Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC, in the $250 million initial public offering of DFB Healthcare Acquisitions Corp., which is focusing on the healthcare or healthcare related industries
• Leo Holdings Corp., a special purpose acquisition company founded by principals of Lion Capital and focusing on target businesses in the consumer sector, in its $200 million initial public offering
• The Simply Good Foods Company in an over $100 million secondary offering by an affiliate of Roark Capital Group

High Yield and other Debt Offerings

• Presidio, Inc. in its offering of $400 million 4.875% Senior Secured Notes due 2027 and $400 million 8.250% Senior Notes due 2028 in connection with the acquisition of Presidio, Inc. by certain funds advised by BC Partner Advisors L.P. 
• Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Limited (NYSE and TASE: TEVA) in connection with its offering of €1.0 billion 6.000% Senior Notes due 2025 and $1.0 billion 7.125% Senior Notes due 2025, and its concurrent tender offer to purchase $1.5 billion of certain of its other outstanding senior notes
• EG Group, a portfolio company of TDR Capital, in connection with the offering by EG Global Finance plc of €300 million 3.625% Senior Secured Notes due 2024, $750 million 6.750% Senior Secured Notes due 2025 and €670 million 4.375% Senior Secured Notes due 2025
• Parts Europe S.A. (formerly Autodis S.A.), a Bain Capital portfolio company, in connection with its offering of €175 million senior secured floating rate notes due 2022
• Bain Capital, Cinven and Nidda BondCo GmbH in connection with the offering of €250 million 7.25% Senior Notes due 2025 to finance the delisting tender offer pursuant to which Bain Capital and Cinven acquired additional shares in STADA Arzneimittel AG
• BMC Software Finance, Inc. in connection with the offering of $150 million 7.25% Senior Notes due 2021

Restructurings and Liability Management Transactions

• Venator Materials PLC and its affiliates (together, “Venator”) in their prepackaged Chapter 11 cases in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas. Venator, which was a NYSE-listed Public Limited Company organized under the laws of England and Wales, is a global manufacturer of pigments and additives that bring color, vibrancy, and a sustainable finish to a variety of objects and for a variety of uses, and had over $1.1 billion in total funded debt obligations. Venator filed for Chapter 11 with a restructuring support agreement backed by holders of 94% in principal of its total funded debt obligations (ABL, Term Loan Facility, Senior Secured Notes, Senior Unsecured Notes) and $275 million in new-money postpetition DIP financing. Venator’s Chapter 11 plan was confirmed approximately 70 days after the filing. Venator emerged from the Chapter 11 cases with a majority recapitalized equity owned by lenders, reduced its debt to approx. $200 million and entered into an Exit Term Loan Credit Agreement and Exit ABL Agreement upon emergence
• The Neiman Marcus Group, Inc., a portfolio company of Ares Management and the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB), in the refinancing and recapitalization of approximately $4.5 billion of funded indebtedness pursuant to a transaction support agreement between Neiman Marcus, Ares, CPPIB, holders of 99.5 percent of the company’s term loan and holders of a substantial amount of the company’s notes
• Windstream Holdings, Inc. and its subsidiaries, together a leading provider of advanced network communications and technology solutions for businesses across the United States, in its exchange offers to exchange (i) $414,905,000 aggregate principal amount of 7.75% senior notes due 2020 for new 10.500% senior second lien notes due 2024 and (ii) $801,964,000 aggregate principal amount of 7.75% senior notes due 2021, 7.50% senior notes due 2022, 7.50% senior notes due 2023, 6 3/8% senior notes due 2023 and 8.75% senior notes due 2024 for new 9.00% senior second lien notes due 2025
• LBI Media, Inc., the largest privately held, minority-owned Spanish-language broadcaster in the United States, in its new first lien financing with HPS Investment Partners, LLC, which provided for, among other things, additional liquidity, an extension of the maturity of the Debtors’ first lien debt, and the inclusion of a “make-whole” provision in the debtors’ first lien notes indenture
• PetSmart, Inc. in its dividend in the form of 20.0% of the outstanding common stock of Chewy, Inc. to Argos Holdings L.P., which is controlled by affiliates of BC Partners LLP, and the dividend of these 20.0% to the parent company of Argos Holdings L.P. The investment of 16.5% of the outstanding common stock of Chewy, Inc. in the form of a capital contribution to a wholly-owned unrestricted subsidiary of the parent company of Argos Holdings L.P.
• Avaya Holdings Corp. in its emergence from Chapter 11 reorganization and listing on the New York Stock Exchange

Mergers & Acquisitions

• Controlling stockholder of World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc. (WWE), Vincent McMahon, in the $21+ billion merger of WWE and UFC to form a global live sports and entertainment company
• Vince McMahon, the founder and controlling stockholder of World Wrestling Entertainment Inc. (WWE), on actions in support of a plan for WWE to undertake a review of strategic alternatives
• Polestar Performance AB and its affiliates, the global electric performance car company, on its $20 billion business combination with Gores Guggenheim Inc., and its concurrent $250 million common equity private placement
• ARYA Sciences Acquisition Corp IV in its proposed acquisition of the gene therapy business of Amicus Therapeutics (Nasdaq: FOLD), a global, patient-dedicated biotechnology company, and its concurrent $200 million common equity private placement
• E2open Parent Holdings, Inc. , a leading network-based provider of a 100% cloud-based, mission-critical, end-to-end supply chain management platform, on its acquisition of BluJay Solutions, a leading cloud-based, logistics execution platform, in a stock and cash transaction valued at approximately $1.7 billion
• New Providence Acquisition Corp. in its $1.8 billion business combination with AST & Science, LLC, a cutting-edge satellite design and manufacturing company that is building a first-of-its-kind, space-based cellular broadband network to be accessible directly by standard smartphones, and concurrent $230 million common equity private placement 
• ARYA Sciences Acquisition Corp III in its $1.3 billion business combination with Nautilus Biotechnologies, Inc., a company pioneering a single-molecule protein analysis platform for quantifying the human proteome, and concurrent $200 million common equity private placement 
• CC Neuberger Principal Holdings I in its $2.57 billion combination with E2open, a leading network-based provider of 100% cloud-based, end-to-end supply chain management software, and concurrent $695 million common equity private placement
• Oaktree Acquisition Corp. in its $1.6 billion combination with Hims & Hers, a market leading telehealth company, and concurrent $75.0 million common equity private placement
• Jaws Acquisition Corp. in its pending $4.4 billion business combination with Cano Health, LLC, a leading value-based care delivery platform for seniors, and concurrent $800 million common equity private placement
• Leo Holdings Corp. in its $757 million combination with Digital Media Solutions, Inc., a portfolio company of Clairvest Group, and concurrent $100 million common equity private placement
• Collier Creek Holdings in its $1.5 billion combination with Utz Quality Foods, LLC
• ARYA Sciences Acquisition Corp. in its $350 million combination with Immatics Biotechnologies GmbH, a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company, and concurrent $100 million common equity private placement 
• Strayer Education in its $1.9 billion merger of equals with Capella Education Company, creating a national leader in education innovation

Harvard Law School, Research Assistant to Professor Mark J. Roe, 2016–2017;

Yolaw SAS, legalstart.fr (legal technology startup), Trainee in the Legal Development Team (optimizing legal technology for incorporations), Paris, France, 2016;

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP and Affiliates, Trainee Lawyer, International Litigation & Commercial Arbitration, Paris, France, 2015;

Clifford Chance Europe LLP, Trainee Lawyer, Litigation & Dispute Resolution: Restructuring & Insolvency, Paris, France, 2015;

Hogan Lovells LLP, Trainee Lawyer, Antitrust, Competition and Economic Regulation, Paris, France, 2013;

Princeton, Woodrow Wilson School of Public & International Affairs, Research Assistant to Professor Andrew Moravcsik, 2013;

Hogan Lovells LLP, Trainee Lawyer, IPTMT, Düsseldorf, Germany, 2012;

Hogan Lovells LLP, Trainee Lawyer, IPTMT, Düsseldorf, Germany, 2011.