Career & Experience
Matt is head of our Corporate practice, a key part of which is our nationally recognised Private Equity team, which Matt founded and also leads. Our Private Equity group proudly represents a number of leading UK Private Equity houses and their portfolio companies and recently named winner of the Regional Legal Advisor of the Year 2020 at the Real Deals Private Equity Awards (an award we have been nominated for 6 years running).
Private Equity forms a key part of our go-to-market strategy, so is also recognised as a core lead sector for Foot Anstey, as we seek to build deep relationships with Private Equity backed management teams and portfolio companies.
Our Private Equity team is recognised as a specialist in advising PE backed portfolio companies. We have built a significant specialism in undertaking bolt-on and buy-and-build M&A as part of PE backed investment propositions, often with an international element to it. Matt developed our market leading “GRIP” product, which is a tech-enabled solution to streamline and satisfy the core legal and compliance obligations of PE portfolio companies.
Given his deep understanding of international markets, Matt also has the role of Head of International where he leads the firms international strategy in the ever-evolving global legal landscape. His focus is to ensure the firm is supporting clients in their key markets and helping them take advantage of inbound investment to the UK, as well as building relationships with strategically aligned law firms.
Matt trained and qualified into the Private Equity department of the leading City firm Travers Smith and prior to joining Foot Anstey, spent several years at Kinmont, a corporate finance boutique in London acknowledged as a leader in advising management teams. Management advisory remains a core part of Matt’s practice.
Outside of work Matt is Club Secretary for Tavistock Community Football Club, an FA Charter Standard Community Club providing football for 14 mixed teams and over 200 players between the ages of 8 and 18 in West Devon.
Accolades
- Foot Anstey Board member
- Islamic Finance Qualification (IFQ) from CISI
- BVCA member
- Ranked in Legal 500 as a leading individual in the SW
- Individual ranking in Chambers for Private Equity (UK wide)
- Individual ranking in Chambers for Corporate/M&A: Mid-Market and Private Equity, South West
- Team winners of the Regional Legal Adviser of the Year at the Real Deals Private Equity Awards in 2020 and 2024
Career & Experience
Matt is head of our Corporate practice, a key part of which is our nationally recognised Private Equity team, which Matt founded and also leads. Our Private Equity group proudly represents a number of leading UK Private Equity houses and their portfolio companies and recently named winner of the Regional Legal Advisor of the Year 2020 at the Real Deals Private Equity Awards (an award we have been nominated for 6 years running).
Private Equity forms a key part of our go-to-market strategy, so is also recognised as a core lead sector for Foot Anstey, as we seek to build deep relationships with Private Equity backed management teams and portfolio companies.
Our Private Equity team is recognised as a specialist in advising PE backed portfolio companies. We have built a significant specialism in undertaking bolt-on and buy-and-build M&A as part of PE backed investment propositions, often with an international element to it. Matt developed our market leading “GRIP” product, which is a tech-enabled solution to streamline and satisfy the core legal and compliance obligations of PE portfolio companies.
Given his deep understanding of international markets, Matt also has the role of Head of International where he leads the firms international strategy in the ever-evolving global legal landscape. His focus is to ensure the firm is supporting clients in their key markets and helping them take advantage of inbound investment to the UK, as well as building relationships with strategically aligned law firms.
Matt trained and qualified into the Private Equity department of the leading City firm Travers Smith and prior to joining Foot Anstey, spent several years at Kinmont, a corporate finance boutique in London acknowledged as a leader in advising management teams. Management advisory remains a core part of Matt’s practice.
Outside of work Matt is Club Secretary for Tavistock Community Football Club, an FA Charter Standard Community Club providing football for 14 mixed teams and over 200 players between the ages of 8 and 18 in West Devon.
Accolades
- Foot Anstey Board member
- Islamic Finance Qualification (IFQ) from CISI
- BVCA member
- Ranked in Legal 500 as a leading individual in the SW
- Individual ranking in Chambers for Private Equity (UK wide)
- Individual ranking in Chambers for Corporate/M&A: Mid-Market and Private Equity, South West
- Team winners of the Regional Legal Adviser of the Year at the Real Deals Private Equity Awards in 2020 and 2024
Expertise
- Private Equity
- Management Advisory
- Public and Private M&A
- Joint Ventures
- Equity Incentives and Corporate Finance
