Matthew Peetz is a partner in the corporate trust group. Matt originally joined the firm in September of 2013 and focuses his practice on corporate trust matters. Mr. Peetz specializes in the representation of financial institutions acting as indenture trustee, administrative agent, collateral agent, paying agent, and exchange agent in a wide variety of corporate financings. Matt’s expertise includes representing clients in secured and unsecured issuance of debt, foreign currency-denominated debt offerings, Trust Indenture Act-qualified transactions, private placements pursuant to Rule 144A and Reg S, project financings, and asset-backed and mortgage-backed securitizations with a particular focus on catastrophe bonds and related insurance-linked securities. Mr. Peetz also has extensive experience with custody operations and the bilateral and trilateral agreements related to those operations such as insurance trust agreements for collateralized reinsurance, global custody agreements, control agreements and escrow agreements. Previously, Matt spent time seconded as in-house legal counsel for a major financial institution in its corporate trust department and provided internal legal support for the negotiation of bilateral and trilateral agreements with clients, the day-to-day administration of debt securities transactions and assistance in default administration matters.
