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Year called to bar: 2010 (ON)
Matthew Hunt is a partner and Co-Head of the firm's Private Equity Group. Matt has a diversified corporate practice with a particular focus on private equity transactions, including management and leveraged buyouts, add-on acquisitions, exits, carve-outs, co-investments, PIPEs and other strategic arrangements. He acts for private equity sponsors and their portfolio companies in complex domestic and cross-border mandates across various industries.
On July 31, 2015, NYX Gaming Group Limited (NYX or the Company) together with its wholly-owned subsidiary, NYX Digital Gaming (Canada) ULC (NYX Digital), completed the acquisition of the entire issued share capital of Amaya (Alberta) Inc., formerly Chartwell Technology Inc., and Cryptologic Limited from Amaya Inc. (Amaya) for an initial purchase price consisting of $110 million in cash, subject to customary working capital adjustments, and the issuance to Amaya of $40 million exchangeable preferred shares of NYX Digital. NYX also entered into a preferred supplier licensing agreement with a subsidiary of Amaya to provide certain casino gaming content to Amaya’s real-money casino offering, which will be integrated into the PokerStars and Full Tilt branded casino websites.
