Matt’s practice is focused on providing general counsel to emerging growth companies from their earliest stages and throughout the entirety of their life cycles, as well as counseling venture capital funds on their deployment activities. Matt’s emphasis on long-term partnerships with clients provides him with a depth of knowledge and understanding about those he works with that enable contextualized and strategic guidance rooted in their near- and long-term individual business objectives.
His practical bearing is complemented by his diverse practice both providing general counsel and managing deal processes and negotiations in the transactional disciplines of corporate finance and mergers and acquisitions, all of which inform creative yet actionable approaches to the complex challenges that arise as businesses evolve, pivot and scale, raise successive rounds of investment capital, and ultimately exit.
Education
- Boston University School of Law (J.D., cum laude, 2003)
- Boston University School of Management (M.B.A., high honors, 2003)
- Hobart College (B.A., 1997)
- Philosophy and Political Science
Bar Admission
- Massachusetts, 2003
Professional Affiliations
- American Bar Association
- Massachusetts Bar Association
- Boston Bar Association
Recognition
- Ranked in Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business, Startups & Emerging Companies, Nationwide, 2025
- Listed in The Best Lawyers in America for
- Venture Capital Law, 2018-2021
- Technology Law, 2023
- Listed as a ‘Rising Star’ in Securities & Corporate Finance, Super Lawyers’ Massachusetts Rising Stars: A comprehensive listing of the best young lawyers in Massachusetts (2009-2015)
