Matthew focuses his practice on representing banks, other financial institutions, and borrowers in secured and unsecured lending transactions.
He has vast experience structuring, documenting and negotiating various types of loan transactions, including asset-based transactions, health care transactions, subordinated debt placements, letters of credit and bond financings, syndications, venture capital transactions and other leveraged buyout transactions. Matthew's loan transaction experience also includes loans sales, loan maintenance and modifications, loan restructurings and loan workouts. Matthew also represents various businesses in matters of contract preparation and negotiation, corporate governance, and general business counseling.
Representative Experience
- Represented a private equity-back manufacturer of machine tools in its acquisition of a manufacturer of plastic injection molding & precision machined components for telecom equipment.
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Represented Gridiron Capital, LLC in its growth investment in Legacy Service Partners, LLC, a leading provider of residential heating, ventilation, and air-conditioning (HVAC), plumbing, and electrical services.
- Represented the buyer in its acquisition of a company engaged in the planning, funding, constructing, and operating of broadband networks in rural Ohio.
- Represented the buyer in its acquisition of a leading contract manufacturer of Class II and Class III medical devices.
- Represented a strategic buyer in its acquisition of a temporary-staffing business in Southern California.
- Represented the buyer in its acquisition of a German provider of data and software-based anti-financial crime compliance solutions.
- Represented the buyer in its acquisition of a UK provider of data and software-based anti-financial crime compliance solutions
- Represented Gridiron Capital in its acquisition of AML RightSource — a Cleveland-based provider of anti-money-laundering, Bank Secrecy Act and related financial crime-fighting services — from its prior private equity owner, New York’s Clarion Capital.
- Represented Watkins Associated Industries, Inc. in its acquisition of Nova Engineering and Environmental, LLC, a provider of environmental consulting and engineering and construction testing and inspections services.
- Represented private equity owned buyer in an add-on stock acquisition of a company which sells science kits to professors and universities for student use.
