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Matthew A. Tenerowicz

Matthew Tenerowicz focuses his practice on mergers and acquisitions and financing transactions. Mr. Tenerowicz’s broad experience representing publicly held and privately owned clients enables him to provide practical advice on a wide range of legal issues and he regularly counsels clients in the structuring and advance planning for acquisitions, divestitures and other significant transactions. Mr. Tenerowicz’s financing experience includes counseling clients in a variety of commercial financing and capital markets transactions, including large and middle-market lending syndications, secured and unsecured credit facilities, public and private note offerings, securitization transactions and acquisition facilities.

Mr. Tenerowicz has substantial experience in special committee representations and in the structuring and implementation of joint ventures. Mr. Tenerowicz also regularly advises clients in connection with commercial arrangements such as supply, distribution, contract manufacturing and similar agreements.

Mr. Tenerowicz is actively involved in the Cleveland legal and business community and currently serves on the Board of Directors of Enterprise Cleveland Group (f/k/a Shorebank Enterprise Group, Cleveland), a Cleveland-based non-profit lender focused on developing and investing in Cleveland-based entrepreneurs. Mr. Tenerowicz was named one of America’s Leading Business Lawyers by Chambers USA in 2010 and 2011.

Recent Representations:

• The Special Committee of the Retail Ventures, Inc., Board of Directors in its exploration of strategic alternatives, the sale of its Filene’s Basement subsidiary, and its $800 million merger with DSW Inc.
• The Special Committee of the Wendy’s International, Inc., Board of Directors in its exploration of strategic alternatives and its $2.3 billion merger with Triarc Companies, Inc. (Arby’s).
• Texas Health Resources in its acquisition of MedicalEdge Healthcare Group and a related services company and the immediate sale of the related services company, a transaction involving in excess of 420 physicians and other healthcare providers.
• The Progressive Corporation in its offering of $500 million of senior notes.
• A private defense contractor in its $135 million sale to a private equity firm.
• A specialty chemicals company in connection with its syndicated revolving and term loan credit facilities totaling $600 million.
• A specialty chemicals company in its offering of $172.5 million of convertible senior notes and its simultaneous acquisition via tender offer of publicly issued promissory notes.
• A specialty chemicals company in its offering of $250 million of high-yield notes.
• A specialty chemicals company in its $50 million trade receivables securitization facility.
• A specialty chemicals company in its precious metals leasing arrangements.
• A venture capital group in its investment as a preferred stockholder in a waste management business.
• Financial institutions in numerous middle-market credit facilities and other middle-market financing transactions.
• A FORTUNE 500 rail transportation company in connection with a proposed $800 million coking facility in Toledo, Ohio.
• Cardinal Health, Inc., in its sale to DuPont of the industrial apparel line of Cardinal Health’s scientific and production products business.
• CBIZ, Inc., in numerous acquisitions and dispositions.