Matt is a partner in the Birmingham office, where his practice concentrates on the areas of mergers and acquisitions, business planning, and general business and corporate matters. In addition, Matt has extensive experience in commercial and real estate lending and finance, real estate acquisition and leasing, and intellectual property protection and licensing.
Representative Transactions:
· Represented an investor group in its acquisition of a media and entertainment subsidiary of an international corporation
· Represented an investor group in its acquisition of a minor league baseball club
· Represented a software company in connection with the sale of a division and product line
· Represented an investor group in its acquisition of an industrial safety supply company
· Represented a medical device manufacturer in angel investor funding transaction
· Represented a medical device company in connection with its acquisition of a significant contractor
· Represented an equipment rental company with multiple locations in its sale to a national chain
· Represented a steel fabricator in connection with the sale of a division
· Represented a large restaurant franchisee in connection with its acquisition of approximately 30 locations of another franchisee (fee title and leased sites)
· Represented a publicly traded communications infrastructure company in acquisitions and leasing
Matt is a member of the American Bar Association (Business Law, Science and Technology and Real Property, Probate and Trust Sections), the Alabama State Bar, the Birmingham Bar Association, and the Federal Communications Bar Association.
He has been a lecturer at the National Business Institute on Choice of Entity in Alabama and Drafting LLC and LLP Agreements in Alabama and has also lectured with Lorman Educational Services on Partnerships, LLCs and LLPs.
Matt received his J.D. from the Cumberland School of Law at Samford University in 1996 and his B.S. from the University of Alabama at Birmingham in 1992. While attending law school, he was the Associate Editor of the Cumberland Law Review and a Cordell Hull Teaching Fellow.
Memberships & Bar Associations
American Bar Association
Alabama State Bar
Birmingham Bar Association
Federal Communications Bar Association