With more than 25 years of experience, Matt has built a reputation for pragmatic, solutions-driven counsel and a genuine commitment to client outcomes. He advises clients across the full spectrum of their legal and business needs, with particular focus on M&A and complex transactions. Matt lives for the reward of client satisfaction and the thrill of experiencing success with them.
In managing his practice, Matt collaborates with internal and external advisors to develop and implement legal and business strategies. He is known for his proactive approach, creative problem-solving skills, and ability to get deals done. Understanding that obstacles are inevitable in life—and particularly in business deals—Matt figures out the “why” behind them and prioritizes ways to achieve client objectives.
Matt’s leadership extends beyond individual client matters. He served as the leader of Husch Blackwell’s Corporate, M&A, and Securities team from 2014 to 2019, where he helped shape the firm’s transactional practice and mentored attorneys across the platform. His experience in firm leadership informs his collaborative approach to client service and his ability to assemble the right team for each engagement.
Practice Areas
- M&A and Joint Ventures: Matt spends most of his time advising private equity sponsors, family offices, strategic buyers and sellers on complex mergers, acquisitions and joint ventures across industries, with deep experience in manufacturing, infrastructure, construction, financial services, and healthcare staffing. He provides comprehensive support throughout the deal lifecycle. From sourcing opportunities, structuring deals, managing due diligence, and negotiating and drafting deal documents, Matt and his team deliver strategic, cost-effective solutions with business objectives at the forefront.
- Day-to-Day Advice: Matt serves as trusted outside counsel to companies and helps them navigate a broad range of day-to-day matters, including operational challenges, complex commercial contracting, leasing, intellectual property matters, regulatory compliance, employment agreements, incentive plan arrangements, NDAs, and non-competes.
- Governance: Matt advises senior management and boards on corporate governance matters, including managing critical business and legal decisions, resolving deadlock situations, and counseling officers and directors on fiduciary duties.
- Startup, Corporate Structure, and Capital Raises: Matt guides clients through entity formation, partnership/operating agreements, DBE/MBE/WBE certification, corporate structure, reorganizations, capital raises, debt financing, and cash calls.
- Estate & Succession Planning: In anticipation of a liquidity event or the natural cycle of life, Matt collaborates with Husch Blackwell’s estate planning attorneys to design and implement tax-efficient estate and business succession plans, including buy-sell agreements tailored to each client’s long-term goals.
- Dispute Resolution: When conflicts arise, Matt partners with Husch Blackwell’s litigation specialists to manage, resolve, and, when necessary, litigate complex disputes involving high-stakes business, contract, partnership, and fiduciary duty issues. He brings the same pragmatism to dispute resolution that he brings to deal-making: focused on outcomes, mindful of costs, and strategic at every step.