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Matthew's practice focuses on representing public and privately held companies in in a broad range of transactional matters, including mergers and acquisitions, divestitures and carve-outs, licensing and collaboration agreements, joint ventures, royalty monetizations, supply and distribution arrangements, and other complex transactions. He also counsels clients on an assortment of corporate governance and commercial matters.
Prior to joining Ropes & Gray, Matthew was an associate in the corporate group at another leading law firm in New York. Matthew also worked as the associate general counsel for Union Square Hospitality Group.
Experience
- Represented Eli Lilly and Company in its $1 billion option to acquire Radionetics Oncology, a biotechnology company discovering and developing novel small molecule G protein coupled receptor (GPCR) targeted radiopharmaceuticals to treat a broad range of solid tumors.
- Represented Regeneron in acquisition of 2seventy Bio platforms to create new R&D unit Regeneron Cell Medicines.
- Represented Johnson & Johnson’s pharmaceuticals business, Janssen Pharmaceuticals, in connection with numerous domestic and cross-border acquisitions and divestitures.
- Represented Johnson & Johnson’s medical device and medical technology businesses, DePuy Synthes and Johnson & Johnson Vision, in connection with numerous domestic and cross-border acquisitions and divestitures.
- Represented Heidelberg Materials in connection with the acquisition of The SEFA Group, Inc., the largest recycler of fly ash sold for use in concrete products in the United States.
- Represented the Milwaukee Bucks on various ongoing corporate and commercial matters.
- Represented Pfizer Inc. in its $11.6 billion acquisition of Biohaven Pharmaceuticals.
- Represented tire distributor Max Finkelstein, Inc. in sale to U.S. AutoForce.
- Represented Medtronic plc in its $1.1 billion acquisition of Intersect ENT, Inc.
- Represented Butterfly Equity in its acquisition of a majority stake in Orgain, Inc., a leading producer of high-quality, great-tasting, organic and clean nutrition products.*
- Represented Cloverleaf Cold Storage and Blackstone Group in the $1.24 billion sale of Cloverleaf, a leading cold storage provider, to Americold Realty Trust, the world’s largest publicly traded REIT focused on the ownership, operation and development of temperature-controlled warehouses.*
- Represented Fortive Corporation in the combination of its Tektronix Video business, a global leader in video test, with Telestream, a leading provider of digital media tools and workflow solutions.*
- Represented KKR in its acquisition of Novaria Group, a leading manufacturer of specialty aerospace hardware, from Rosewood Private Investments and Tailwind Advisors.*
- Represented Syndigo, a portfolio company of The Jordan Company, in its carve-out acquisition of branded product content platform Kwikee from SGSCO, a portfolio company of Onex Corporation.*
- Represented Tenneco Inc. in connection with its cooperation agreement with Protean Services LLC and Daniel A. Ninivaggi regarding the composition of the Tenneco board of directors.*
*Prior to joining Ropes & Gray