Matt has a broad-ranging corporate practice focused primarily on private equity and growth equity transactions and portfolio companies, strategic M&A, and corporate governance. Clients turn to Matt for his varied industry knowledge and experience in working with companies of all sizes.
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Matt is the chair of the Corporate practice and is a member of the firm's Management Team and Policy Committee. His practice is focused on representing private equity funds, growth equity funds, and their portfolio companies in their major transactions including mergers, acquisitions and sales. He also represents buyers and sellers in transactions involving both publicly traded and privately held businesses, subsidiaries and divisions of public companies, and has experience in roll-up, and corporate carve-out and distressed transactions. Matt has also represented clients in connection with asset sales and acquisitions in bankruptcy proceedings.
Clients also turn to Matt for counseling in connection with capital raising transactions and throughout their lifecycle on governance and commercial matters.
Matt counsels clients in a variety of industries such as technology, health care, life sciences, consumer goods, gaming, industrials, transportation, and distribution.
Matt has significant experience in Delaware corporate and alternative entity law. He advises boards of directors and special committees on fiduciary duties and corporate governance matters related to Delaware corporations, limited partnerships and limited liability companies, including in connection with potential merger and financing transactions and conflict of interest situations. He regularly provides legal opinions under Delaware law and counsels public companies in ongoing reporting and compliance matters.
Representative matters may include engagements before joining Troutman Pepper.
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