Mr Matthew Lyons > Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP > Austin, United States > Lawyer Profile
Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP Offices
500 West 5th Street
Suite 1350
Austin, TX 78701
TEXAS
United States
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Mr Matthew Lyons
Work Department
Corporate/Securities
Position
Partner
Career
Matt Lyons is the Managing Partner of the Austin office of Andrews Kurth LLP. He represents public and private companies, venture and private equity funds, emerging growth companies, and entrepreneurs in public and private offerings, mergers, acquisitions and divestitures, and issues related to business formation, operation, executive compensation and corporate governance.
Matt has consistently been named as one of the leading lawyers in Texas for the area of Technology: Corporate and Commercial in the Chambers USA Rankings. He has also been Martindale-Hubbell “Peer Review Rated” for Ethical Standards and Legal Ability. In 2005, Matt was named a Texas Rising Star in the area of Securities and Corporate Finance by Texas Super Lawyers and Texas Monthly
Memberships
Professional
- Hicks, Muse, Tate & Furst Center for Private Equity Finance
- Advisory Board (2014)
- The University of Texas Venture Fellows MBA Program
- Board of Directors (2011-2012)
- Term Sheet and Business Formation Mock Negotiation Mentor (2003-present)
- SURGE
- Mentor (2011-2012)
- Texchange, Austin Chapter
- Vice President of Membership (2005-2007)
- Board of Directors (2005-2007)
- Board of Advisors (2003-2013)
- The University of Texas School of Law Corporate Counsel Institute CLE
- Planning Committee (2004-present)
- State Bar of Texas
- Board of Advisors, Corporate Counsel Section (2007-2009)
- Rice Alliance for Technology and Entrepreneurship, Houston
- Board of Advisors (2003-present)
- I.T./Web 2.0 Advisory Board
- Rice Alliance for Technology and Entrepreneurship, Austin Chapter
- Advisory Board (2008-present)
- Texas Venture Labs
- Advisory Council
Community
- Any Baby Can
- Board President (2011-2012)
- Board Member (2008-2013)
- Entrepreneurs Foundation and Idea Network of Central Texas – Legal Advisory Board, (2004-present)
Education
- JD, 1993, with honors, The University of Texas School of Law
- BA, 1990, with high honors, The University of Texas at Austin
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Media, technology and telecoms > Cyber law (including data privacy and data protection)
- Environment > Environment: regulatory
- Labor and employment > Workplace and employment counseling
- Finance > Structured finance: securitization
Firm Rankings
- Insurance > Advice to policyholders
- Environment > Environment: litigation
- Media, technology and telecoms > Outsourcing
- Finance > Project finance
- Real estate > Real estate finance
- Finance > Capital markets: debt offerings
- Energy > Energy regulation: electric power
- Energy > Energy transactions: electric power
- Energy > Energy transactions: oil and gas
- Finance > Fintech
- Labor and employment > Immigration
- Labor and employment > Labor and employment disputes (including collective actions)
- Labor and employment > Labor-management relations
- M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: middle-market ($500m-999m)
- Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: toxic tort
- Real estate > Real estate
- Real estate > Real estate investment trusts (REITs)
- Energy > Renewable/alternative power
- Intellectual property > Trademarks: litigation
- Intellectual property > Trademarks: non-contentious (including prosecution, portfolio management and licensing)
- Finance > Capital markets: equity offerings
- Energy > Energy litigation: oil and gas
- Energy > Energy regulation: oil and gas
- Media, technology and telecoms > Technology transactions
- Tax > US taxes: non-contentious
- Labor and employment > Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: design
- Labor and employment > Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: transactional
- Finance > Restructuring (including bankruptcy): corporate
- Finance > Capital markets: high-yield debt offerings