Matt provides strategic counsel, representation, and negotiation support to both customers and vendors across a broad spectrum of technology- and privacy-driven commercial and corporate transactions. His commercial transactions experience encompasses software licensing and development, data processing agreements, IT services, software as a service (SaaS), cloud computing, Internet of Things (IoT) devices, privacy notices, content distribution, joint development agreements, and services arrangements of all kinds. His experience ranges from representation of Fortune 500 companies to middle-market and start-up companies, as well as deep experience with an array of direct and indirect go-to-market strategies, including referral partners, channel partners, value-added resellers, system integrators, original equipment manufacturers, distributors, and other partners of many kinds. Clients value Matt for his focus on providing practical, efficient, and commercially minded advice.
Matt’s corporate deal work is equally robust, spanning high-stakes technology-driven mergers and acquisitions, purchase agreements, joint ventures, and complex licensing matters – including patent and trademark licensing, open-source licensing, and intellectual property and technology diligence. He is adept at structuring transition services arrangements and negotiating the ancillary agreements that are critical to closing the deal. Matt regularly guides clients through the diligence process and delivers actionable post-close strategies and insights.