Matthew Stylianou is an associate in Ropes & Gray’s mergers & acquisitions group. Matthew's practice focuses on representing public and privately held companies in a broad range of transactional matters, including mergers and acquisitions, divestitures and carve-outs, 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

Areas of Practice