Matthew Whited

Matt Whited advises private equity sponsors and public and private companies on significant corporate transactions, including mergers and acquisitions, leveraged buyouts, joint ventures, GP-led secondaries, and other corporate and transactional matters.

Matt has deep mergers and acquisitions experience, having handled multiple large-scale transactions in diversified industries, on both the buyer and seller-side. He also has significant experience representing private equity sponsors in GP-led secondaries and continuation fund transactions.

Prior to joining the firm, Matt was a partner in the M&A and Private Equity practices of Kirkland & Ellis in Chicago.

Concentrations

• Mergers and acquisitions

• Private equity

• Continuation funds; GP-led secondaries

• General corporate

Experience

Representative Matters

• Represented Bain Capital in its $5.3 billion leveraged buyout of consulting firm Guidehouse.°

• Represented Bain Capital portfolio company American Trailer World in the divestiture of its TexTrail business.°

• Represented GTCR portfolio company Resonetics in its $200 million acquisition of FISO Technologies, Inc.°

• Represented GTCR portfolio company Antylia Scientific in the $2.9 billion divestiture of its Masterflex bioprocessing business.°

• Represented Aterian Investment Partners in its leveraged buyout of Stein Fibers.°

• Represented ParkerGale in its stock-for-stock sale of CultureIQ to Perceptyx, Inc.°

• Represented AEA Investors in multiple continuation fund transactions.°

• Represented Beecken Petty O’Keefe & Company in its $425 million continuation fund formation and acquisition of five health care services companies previously held by BPOC Fund IV.°

• Represented The Dow Chemical Company in the $630 million divestiture of its marine and terminal business.°

• Represented The Dow Chemical Company in the $320 million divestiture of its rail transport business.°

• Represented Sansiri Public Company Limited in its acquisition of a controlling interest in Standard International (the owner of The Standard brand hotels), valuing the company at over $100 million.°

• Represented Nicholas Residential in its $200 million acquisition of a Texas-based real estate investment trust.°

• Represented global agribusiness company in multiple acquisitions in the seeds industry.°

°The above representations were handled by Mr. Whited prior to his joining Greenberg Traurig, LLP.

Internships

• Legal Intern, U.S. Department of the Treasury, Office of the Assistant General Counsel for International Affairs, 2014

• Page, U.S. House of Representatives, 2006