Matthew Pilkington, PhD

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Matthew Pilkington, PhD

Matthew Pilkington, PhD, has over 27 years of experience in the public and private equity and debt markets.
He is an experienced Principal and a founder and partner of both a public debt and equity fund, and a private debt and equity fund. He is an active private investor in start-up funds and fledgling companies, with in depth knowledge of Asset Management, Debt and Equity Securities, Mutual Funds, Trading Systems, Capital structure, bankruptcy and bankruptcy law, convertible debt, warrants, market making, reg SHO and short sales. Dr. Pilkington has a strong analytical and educational background having both taught chemistry at UMass and with a Physical Chemistry PhD (DPhil) from the University of Oxford, UK.

Industry Experience

Education

Areas of Expertise

Registrations and Memberships

Keywords

Industry Experience

FEENIX PARTNERS, LLC

2020 - Present

Partner, Managing Director

ROUND TOP CAPITAL PARTNERS, LLC

2018 - Present

Senior Partner and COO

STRATEGIC CREDIT CONCEPTS, LLC

2015 - 2017

Principal, Portfolio Manager

MUTUAL SECURITIES, INC

2008 - Present

Licensed Principal

STEEL PARTNERS HOLDINGS, LP

2008 - 2015

Head Trader

PALI CAPITAL, INC

2006 - 2007

Managing Director

KELLOGG CAPITAL GROUP LLC, LLC

2005 - 2006

Partner, Head Trader

IMPERIAL CAPITAL, LLC

2004 - 2005

Head, Equity Special Situations Trader

TRADITION ASIEL SECURITIES INC

2003 - 2004

Institutional Fixed Income Sales

SPEAR LEEDS & KELLOGG, LP

1995 - 2002

Senior Vice President, Portfolio Manager

PILKINGTON ASSOCIATES

1993 - 1995

Principal

CAMBRIDGE ENVIRONMENTAL INC

1990 - 1992

Research Scientist

UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS

1991

Adjunct Professor

Education

Oxford University

1990

Ph.D. Physical Chemistry

Imperial College

1986

B.S. Chemistry

Areas of Expertise

Merger Arbitrage, Special Situations, Capital Structure

Event-driven arbitrage, special situations, take-overs, mergers, spin-offs, reorganizations, announcements

Distressed securities, funding, high-yield, restatements

Private equities, value equities, preferred shares, OTC securities, small-caps, micro-caps

Capital structure, bankruptcies, company restructuring, LBOs

Credit analysis, debt valuation for public and private companies

Shareholder activism, takeovers, and their defenses

Chapter 11 distressed funding processes

Relative value trading, arbitrage

Convertible bonds, warrants, short selling

Proxies, 13Fs, 13Ds, Form 4s, pro-formas, covenants, prospectuses, disclosures, court filings

Registrations and Memberships

FINRA

Series 7, 24, 55, 63 (Lapsed)

CFA Level 1

Expert Keywords

arbitrage strategies
asset management
bankruptcy law
capital structure
convertible bonds
court filings
covenants
credit analysis
debt markets
derivatives
disclosures
distressed funding processes
distressed securities
equity markets
fund management
funding
futures & options
hedge fund management
high yield investments
Leveraged Buyouts (LBO)
listed derivatives
merger arbitrage
OTC securities
portfolio management
preferred shares
private credit
private debt
private equity
pro-formas
prospectuses
proxies
proxy statements
public equity
regulatory compliance
relative value
restatements
restructuring
risk management
shareholder activism
short selling
special situations
trader
trading
trading systems
value equities
warrants

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Matthew Pilkington, PhD

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Industry Experience

FEENIX PARTNERS, LLC

2020 - Present

ROUND TOP CAPITAL PARTNERS, LLC

2018 - Present

STRATEGIC CREDIT CONCEPTS, LLC

2015 - 2017

MUTUAL SECURITIES, INC

2008 - Present

STEEL PARTNERS HOLDINGS, LP

2008 - 2015

PALI CAPITAL, INC

2006 - 2007

KELLOGG CAPITAL GROUP LLC, LLC

2005 - 2006

IMPERIAL CAPITAL, LLC

2004 - 2005

TRADITION ASIEL SECURITIES INC

2003 - 2004

SPEAR LEEDS & KELLOGG, LP

1995 - 2002

PILKINGTON ASSOCIATES

1993 - 1995

CAMBRIDGE ENVIRONMENTAL INC

1990 - 1992

UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS

1991

Education

Oxford University

1990

Imperial College

1986

Areas of Expertise

Merger Arbitrage, Special Situations, Capital Structure

Registrations and Memberships

FINRA

Expert Keywords

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