Matthew is an experienced, beyond-his-years trial lawyer. Known for his gut instincts and quick wit, he was recently recognized as an emerging leader in M&A litigation and shareholder disputes by Law Dragon 500 X – The Next Generation, a 2024 ranking of "the future leaders of the law" globally.
Matthew has taken a variety of bet-the-company cases from inception through trial. He routinely litigates all manner of complex commercial disputes, with a particular focus on M&A and “busted deal” litigation, business divorces, shareholder disputes, hostile takeovers, activist campaigns, short sellers, corporate governance matters, and fiduciary duties.
Matthew also has deep experience in disputes involving valuation, financial markets, swaps and derivatives, and intellectual property. He also has done significant antitrust work on both sides of the “v.”
Matthew’s clients include Fortune 500 companies, officers and directors, private equity firms, hedge funds, activist investors, partnerships, start-ups, and high-net-worth individuals.
Matthew joined Benesch from Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan.
*Matter completed prior to joining Benesch.
Representative Experience
- Representing a hedge fund founder in a confidential partnership dispute concerning management rights.
- Representing a pharmacy benefit manager in defense of claims brought by a large healthcare network alleging fraud and misrepresentation in connection with an RFP process.
- Representing a private equity sponsor in connection with a confidential post-closing dispute with a buyer.
- Representing a retail and licensing executive in connection with claims for breach of a personal guarantee.
- Representing Gather Holdings and its principal, Sam Borgese, in an eight-figure dispute against their partner and lender MGG Investments, where MGG has alleged breaches of financing agreements, equity guarantees, and a bad boy guaranty.
- Representing the trustee of a large family office in connection with confidential management and valuation disputes concerning a national real estate portfolio.
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Represented a Fortune 200 company in challenging a proposed ten-figure merger.*
- Represented a publishing platform in connection with fiduciary duty claims against its founder.*
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Represented Advent International in “busted deal” litigation concerning its acquisition of Forescout Technologies, resulting in a multi hundred-million-dollar discount.*
- Represented Elliott Management in several disputes and control contests.*