Matthew VanWasshnova

Matt VanWasshnova concentrates his practice on representing public and private companies in a broad range of corporate and securities law matters.

Matt’s practice has a particular emphasis on complex domestic and cross-border business transactions, including leveraged buyouts, mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, equity and debt financing transactions, recapitalizations, executive employment and equity incentive arrangements, and joint ventures. Matt executes these transactions on behalf of public companies, advising boards of directors, board committees and management; and on behalf of private equity funds, family offices, independent sponsors and their respective portfolio companies, advising a host of involved parties. 

During his career, he has advised on and closed hundreds of acquisition/sale transactions in a variety of industries with transaction sizes ranging from a few million dollars to over $1 billion in deal value encompassing a wide range of industries, including healthcare, manufacturing, industrial, automotive, services, retail and information technology.

Matt also regularly counsels public and private companies on corporate governance issues, fiduciary duty matters (both generally and in the M&A context), and compliance with the U.S. federal and state securities laws.