Overview
Matt’s practice focuses on assisting clients with complex business transactions, commercial contracts, and general corporate advice. Matt represents privately-held companies, private equity funds, independent sponsors, and institutional investors in a variety of business combination and other transactional matters, including mergers and acquisitions, equity financings and other strategic investments. Matt also represents public companies in connection with business acquisitions, divestitures, corporate governance, and entity formation.
As part of his practice, Matt has represented clients in the sale or acquisition of independent insurance brokers, security and patrol service providers, manufacturing companies and divisions, heavy equipment dealerships, restaurants, home service providers, distributors, and information technology service providers.
Outside the office, Matt enjoys spending time with his wife and his son, playing pick-up basketball, cooking for friends and family, and watching Florida Gator football and basketball.
Honors
- Florida Super Lawyers Rising Star (2022-2024)
- The Best Lawyers in America® : Ones to Watch (2021-2025)
Credentials & Experience
Education
University of Florida, B.A., 2009, cum laude
University of Florida, M.Ed., 2010
University of Florida College of Law, J.D., 2016, magna cum laude
- Order of the Coif
- Senior Managing Editor, Florida Law Review
- Book Award: Business Transactions and Document Drafting, Law and Entrepreneurship, Legal Drafting, Creditors Remedies and Bankruptcy, Sales, and Law Review
- Teaching Assistant: Legal Writing and Appellate Advocacy
Bar Admissions
American Bar Association
The Florida Bar
Hillsborough County Bar Association
Experience
- BRP Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: BRP) in its acquisition of numerous independent insurance agencies.
- Mangrove Equity Partners in its acquisition of Internal Security Associates, LLC.
- Fairbourne Properties, LLC and certain of its affiliates, in a joint venture with Harbert Management in connection with the acquisition and development of a 693,627 square foot lifestyle shopping center located in Redmond, Washington.
- Fairbourne Properties, LLC and certain of its affiliates, in a joint venture with Harbert Management in connection with the acquisition and development of a 552,291 square foot lifestyle shopping center located in Sacramento, California.
- Homee, an on-demand home services platform, in a $15 million Series B financing led by Forte Ventures and Liberty Mutual Strategic Ventures.
- Homee, an on-demand home services platform, in a $4.3 million Series B-1 financing led by Forte Ventures and Liberty Mutual Strategic Ventures.
- Ballast Point Ventures in providing a $5 million growth equity financing of Mailprotector, a cybersecurity company providing a portfolio of cloud-based email security, management, and hosting services.
- Fulcrum Equity Partners in leading a more than $11 million Series B financing of Feathr, a leading provider of marketing technology for associations and event organizers.
- Fulcrum Equity Partners in a $15 million growth equity financing of Digital Hands, an award-winning managed security services provider.
- Argus Dental & Vision, Inc. in its sale to AFLAC.
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