Meet Matt
Matt is a shareholder in the firm’s Corporate practice in the Milwaukee office. His practice is focused on mergers and acquisitions, divestitures, joint ventures, private equity, venture capital and strategic commercial relationships for numerous public and private companies in various industries.
Matt’s strong technical skills, extensive experience in middle market transactions and distinguished client service allow him to resolve issues and close transactions practically and efficiently.
Education
Artium Baccalaureus, Bowdoin College
Juris Doctor, Mitchell Hamline School of Law, summa cum laude (Board of Editors, Hamline Law Review)
Activities
First Tee of Southeast Wisconsin – Board of Directors
Bowdoin College – Interview Committee Chair for State of Wisconsin
Bowdoin College Men’s Hockey Career Mentoring Program – Mentor
Honors
Recognized by Super Lawyers as a Wisconsin Rising Star (2018)
Listed in Best Lawyers in America (Corporate Law, 2022 - present)
Admitted To Practice
WisconsinProfessional Associations
American Bar Association, State Bar of WisconsinRepresented Warehouse Specialists, LLC (Appleton, Wisconsin) in its purchase of Shipping Tree, LLC (Temecula, California)
Represented CF Global Trading, L.L.C. (New York, New York) and its affiliates in London, Hong Kong and Lisbon, Portugal in their sale to State Street Corporation (NYSE: STT)
Represented Warehouse Specialists, LLC (Appleton, Wisconsin) in its purchase of Pac-Modal Transportation LLC and Pac-Modal Trucking LLC (Lynnwood, Washington)
Represented Enerpac Tool Group Corp. (NYSE: EPAC) (Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin) in its divestiture of Cortland Industrial LLC (Stafford, Texas and Anacortes, Washington) to Tufropes, a subsidiary of Aimia Inc. (TSX: AIM) (Toronto, Ontario, Canada)
Represented The Marek Group, Inc. (Waukesha, Wisconsin) in its purchase of HighNote Marketing, LLC (Louisville, Kentucky) and Ecker Envelope, Inc. (Mequon, Wisconsin)
Represented a Fortune 500 retail company in connection with a credit facility and purchase option of a start-up company (transaction not public)
Represented management in their purchase of a distressed health and lifestyle company (transaction not public)
Represented Surfaces Technological Abrasives S.p.A. (Cenate Sotto, Italy) in its majority purchase of Continental D.I.A. Diamond Products, LLC (San Carlos, California) and its affiliate, Terminator Diamond Products Korea, Inc. (Incheon, South Korea)
Represented Greenheck Group (Schofield, Wisconsin) in its acquisition of Metal Industries, LLC (Marion, North Carolina) and its affiliate, Industria Fabricadora de Aluminio, S. de R.L. de C.V. (a/k/a INFASA) (Reynosa, Tamaulipas, Mexico)
Represented a private equity owned technology company in numerous acquisitions of software and data companies (transactions not public)
Represented a family office based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin in its acquisitions of a chocolate company and a distressed snack foods company, including in connection with debt and equity financing and post-closing arrangements with management (transactions not public)
Represented an ESOP owned software company in its sale to a private equity owned software company (transaction not public)
Represented Jason Group Inc. (Milwaukee, Wisconsin) in its divestiture of the Fiber Solutions segment to Motus Integrated Technologies (Holland, Michigan) for approximately $85 million
Represented Jason Group Inc. (Milwaukee, Wisconsin) in its divestiture of the Metalex business to UPG Enterprises LLC (Oak Brook, Illinois) for approximately $5 million
Represented Johnson Controls International plc (NYSE: JCI) (Milwaukee, Wisconsin) in its sale of a portion of its Distributed Energy Storage business to Con Edison (NYSE: ED) (New York, New York)
Represented a global privately-held manufacturing company ($1B+ revenue) in a joint venture for the development of a new product line (transaction not public)
Represented a privately-held construction company ($1B+ revenue) in its acquisition of intellectual property assets from a Japanese public company (transaction not public)
Represented a privately-held hospitality company in restructuring and equity sale to investors (transaction not public)
Represented management employees in connection with rollover investment, equity incentive compensation and employment agreements in connection with sale of a company to a private equity buyer (transaction not public)