The Buyer’s Playbook: Winning Deals and Mitigating Risk in a Competitive Market

Ty is the Managing Partner of Burr & Forman's Orlando office, a former member of Burr's Executive Committee and a member of its Corporate & Tax practice group. His legal practice involves representing clients in general corporate matters, mergers & acquisitions, venture capital and start-up/early-stage financings and other corporate financing transactions.

Nick Friedman is a renowned entrepreneur, movie & TV producer, best-selling author, speaker, actor and TV personality. He is best known as the Co-Founder of the multi-million dollar franchise 'College Hunks Hauling Junk & Moving' that has over 200 franchises worldwide and does over $300M annual sales, which Nick started with just a beat-up cargo van during the summer before his senior year of college. Along with his business partner Omar Soliman, Nick published the best-selling book 'Effortless Entrepreneur' (Random House, 2010), and also Co-Produced the award-winning Netflix documentary, 'Beware of Mr. Baker' (2012). More recently Nick executive produced and acted in the biopic movie about Jeff Bezos entitled 'Bezos The Beginning,' which is the first movie ever made about Bezos and the founding of Amazon.

Nick has also appeared on numerous unscripted reality television programs, including the very first episode of ABC's Shark Tank, Bravo's Millionaire Matchmaker, AMC's The Pitch, HGTV's House Hunters, CNBC's Bluecollar Millionaires, and most recently CBS's Undercover Boss. His company has made appearances on several other television programs, including The Oprah Winfrey Show, Late Night with Jimmy Fallon,  A&E's Hoarders and TLC's Hoarding. 

In his early career, he was named among the Top 30 Entrepreneurs in America Under 30 by INC Magazine and was on the same list as Mark Zuckerberg, Bill Gates, and Michael Dell in a Newsweek article entitled "College Kid to Millionaire". Nick is a three-time Ernst and Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award Finalist, and he won the prestigious award in 2018 as well as the 2024 International Franchise Association Entrepreneur of the Year. Nick continues to be an active Board Member of the Young Presidents Organization of Florida (YPO). Most recently he was presented the Key to the City of Tampa by Tampa’s Mayor for his involvement with hurricane cleanup. 

In terms of charitable involvement, Nick launched an innovative solution that provides free moves for Survivors of Domestic Violence, and has completed over 200 free moves since the program began. His company also donates 2 meals for every completed job to US Hunger, having donated over 5 Million meals since launching the program.

Matt received a BAcc from the University of Florida and an MBA in Finance from the University of Tampa and maintains a CPA and multiple insurance licenses. Matt spent the first five years of his career at the public accounting firm Grant Thornton. Matt then joined Wells Fargo Insurance in 2013 (acquired by USI in 2017). During this time, Matt built one of the largest insurance teams in the country. In January 2023, Matt joined Lockton Companies to help grow the Central Florida marketplace. Matt has extensive insurance experience supporting diverse clients with risk management and employee benefits.