Crowell & Moring LLP

Transactional; Financial Services; Distressed Debt & Claims Trading

Partner

Financial institutions and hedge funds looking for advice on their complex cross-border investments rely on Matthew Hughes to structure investments in a way that mitigates risk while maximizing return. He represents investment funds, investment banks, and other financial institutions as well as boutique trading houses on the investment in and trading of syndicated loans, claims, and other high-yield investment products.

Matthew also counsels buy-side clients on regulatory and tax concerns when investing in loans and claims and on the resolution of trade disputes arising from loan and claims trading documentation.

He has deep experience in the secondary market for European and U.S. loans, insolvency claims, and other distressed assets, and has represented multiple collateralized loan obligation managers in providing efficient loan review and settlement advice. Matthew has over 20 years’ experience in transactions involving par and distressed bank debt in the European and U.S. secondary loan markets. He serves on the Loan Market Association secondary documentation committee which continually reviews and updates the market standard documentation for par and distressed debt transactions and other issues affecting the European loan market.

Matthew Hughes is a partner in the London office of Crowell & Moring. He regularly advises investment banks and other financial institutions including hedge funds on the investment in and trading of syndicated loans, claims, and other high-yield investment products. Matthew is routinely involved with cross-border transactions throughout Europe and the United States.

He also advises U.S. and European secondary market participants in relation to loans made to Australian, French, English, German, Greek, Irish, Italian, Scandinavian, Spanish, or Swiss borrowers. He also counsels U.S. and European secondary market participants in relation to Islamic finance structures.

Matthew counsels buy-side clients on the regulatory and tax concerns when investing in loans and claims and on the resolution of trade disputes arising from loan/claims trading documentation.

He serves on the LMA secondary documentation committee, which continually reviews and updates the market standard documentation for par and distressed debt transactions and other issues affecting the European loan market.