Penningtons Manches Cooper LLP

Corporate, retail.

Matthew is a partner, and global head of the corporate team. He provides cross border corporate and finance expertise to a wide range of quoted and unquoted mid cap companies. In addition to acquisitions and disposals, AIM listings and fund raising, Matthew advises on acquisition finance, restructuring and refinancing work, acting for both clients and lenders. He has developed expertise in accelerated sale processes and also specialises in asset realisation in the fields of corporate recovery and insolvency.

Matthew is co-head of the firm's fashion, luxury and lifestyle sector group with a number of well-known brands in his client portfolio. Through the fashion, luxury and lifestyle sector, he is able to make a valuable contribution to the firm's digital technology expertise, particularly where it overlaps with the retail world. He is also a core member of the firm’s North American group, reflective of his cross border practice.

Trained Manches LLP; qualified 1991; partner 1999; spent several months at Pilsbury Winthrop, San Francisco, in their international transactions department; regular speaker at Hawksmere external seminars on corporate matters.

IOD; LCCI.

Oundle; University College, London (1989 LLB Hons); College of Law, Guildford.