Matthew A. Cole

Since 2008, Matthew Cole has served as the Chair of the Corporate Department of Jacobs Law Group. Mr. Cole has nearly 20 years' experience in the fields of corporate, securities, and commercial real estate law. He has served for many years as securities counsel to an internationally known New York Stock Exchange-listed company.

Before joining the Jacobs Law Group in 2007, he served as counsel and as an associate with several New York City boutique law firms, and maintained his own legal practice. He graduated from the Temple University School of Law and received his undergraduate degree from the University of Pennsylvania

Legal and Civic Activities:

Board of Directors, Alliance Française of Philadelphia, 2015 to present

Corporate Partners Council, JEVS Human Services, 2011 to present

Education Committee, Center for Literacy, 2012

Judge, Business Plan Competition of the Wharton School of Business, University of Pennsylvania - Second Round Judge and First Round Commentator, 2012-2013; First Round Judge, Fall 2011

Legal Coach, Venture Initiation Program of the Wharton School of Business, University of Pennsylvania; a business incubator for student start-up companies, 2011-2012

Chairman, Business Organizations Committee of the Business Law Section of the Philadelphia Bar Association, 2007-2010

Presentations & Publications:

Speaker, Pennsylvania Bar Institute "Business Divorce" Seminar, 2008, 2011 and 2013 (continuing legal education program for attorneys).

Guest Lecturer on Proxy Statements/Executive Compensation Issues, Securities Regulation Class, Drexel University School of Law, 2012-2014

Contributor, Skills and Values: Contracts (LexisNexis 2011), a practical skills contracts textbook for law students written by Professors William J. Woodward, Jr. and Candace Zierdt.