Matthew Ellis

Associate

Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP

Current

Current

Providence Equity Partners Inc.; Ontario Teachers Pension Plan Board; Madison Dearborn Partners, LLC Acquisition of BCE Inc. (Bell Canada) Representing Providence Equity Partners Inc., Ontario Teachers Pension Plan Board and Madison Dearborn Partners, LLC in the $48.5 billion going private acquisition of BCE Inc. (Bell Canada), the largest leveraged buyout in history.

Current

THL Partners; Fidelity National Financial, Inc. Acquisition of Ceridian Corporation Advised THL Partners and Fidelity National Financial, Inc. in connection with their $5.3 billion public-to-private acquisition of Ceridian Corporation.

Current

Champion Opco, LLC Acquisition Financing for Champion Opco, LLC and Champion Holdco, LLC/Summit Partners, L.P. Represented Champion Opco, LLC and Champion Holdco, LLC/Summit Partners, L.P. in the $350 million acquisition financing.

Current

Providence Equity Partners Inc. Acquisition of Television Group of Clear Channel Communications Inc. Advising Providence Equity Partners Inc. in connection with its $1.2 billion acquisition from Clear Channel Communications Inc. of 56 television stations in 24 markets.

Current

Key Plastics L.L.C. Refinancing for Key Plastics L.L.C. Represented Key Plastics L.L.C. (a portfolio company of Ewing Management) in its $35 million refinancing.

Current

Genstar Capital LLC Acquisition of International Aluminum Corporation Advised Genstar Capital LLC in connection with its $228 million going private acquisition of International Aluminum Corporation.

University of Houston

J.D.

2005

Brigham Young

B.S.

2001