Orange County Business Lawyer and Corporate Attorney Matt Sumrow is dedicated to providing high quality legal services while helping clients reach their legal objectives in an efficient and cost-effective manner. He has more than 20 years of experience representing a wide range of private business and corporate clients , including startups and established companies. As a lifelong resident of Orange County, California, Matt serves clients from offices in Costa Mesa. He has extensive knowledge of the intricacies of business and corporate law, working with clients at all levels of business on transactional and contractual matters, formation, joint ventures and strategic alliances, mergers and acquisitions, securities offerings, financing transactions, emerging companies and venture capital, intellectual property, and real property matters. He has represented both public and private companies in numerous securities offerings and mergers and acquisitions ranging from a few hundred thousand dollars in value to over three hundred million dollars. Arrange a complimentary strategic consultation with Corporate and Business Lawyer Matt Sumrow to discuss your situation. Our clients receive the personal attention and cost-efficiency of a small law firm combined with the training and expertise of a large corporate law practice.

Experienced Corporate Lawyer Serving Private Companies

Matt’s general corporate experience includes forming and operating corporations, partnerships and limited liability companies. He also advises companies on matters such as stock option plans, profit sharing plans, executive compensation, buy-sell agreements, consulting agreements, joint venture agreements, vendor agreements and selling and licensing products. Matt advises clients on intellectual property matters such as registering and licensing trademarks, and developing and licensing software and other intellectual property. He provides skilled guidance for domain name registrations and has efficiently resolved numerous intellectual property infringement disputes. Matt received his bachelor’s degree from UCLA in 1991 and his law degree from the University of California Hastings College of the Law in 1994. He also studied international law at Leiden University in The Netherlands. For two academic years spanning 1996 through 1998, Matt was an Assistant Professor and Civic Education Project Fellow at the Law Faculty of West Bohemia University in the Czech Republic where he taught corporate law, European Union law and other legal subjects. Matt’s prior professional experience includes having served as Senior Counsel in the corporate department of Allen Matkins Leck Gamble & Mallory LLP (a law firm of over 200 attorneys) and as an Associate in the corporate department of Arter & Hadden LLP. With an extensive network in the legal community, Matt is able to bring in other attorneys and specialists when needed. In this way, Matt’s clients benefit from the expertise of a big law firm at small firm rates.

Contact Orange County Business Attorney Matt Sumrow at (949) 468-3204 to schedule a strategic consultation.

Results

• Represented an Orange County-based software company in a venture capital financing that raised $15 million. • Represented affiliated real estate holding companies in multiple debt financing transactions totaling an aggregate amount of over $80 million. • Represented a medical device company with operations in the United States and Europe in a corporate reorganization and a subsequent acquisition by Halma in a transaction valued at €125 million. • Represented a San Diego-based software company in private placements and venture capital financings totaling over $2 million and in numerous software licensing transactions. • Represented an Orange County-based software company in a private placement to raise $2 million. • Represented a green technology company in Newport Beach in multiple rounds of debt and equity financing to raise over $3 million, and in numerous intellectual property licensing transactions. • Represented a leading transportation company in Southern California in its acquisition of another large transportation company and in leasing a new facility. • Represented numerous individuals and businesses in resolving disputes among business owners, including buy-out transactions and settlement agreements to resolve such disputes. • Represented Bentley-Simonson, Inc. in a $119 million sale of assets to Plains Exploration and Production Company. • Represented Back Nine, LLC in a merger and debt financing transaction with GEM Mobile Treatment Services, Inc. and Comvest Capital, LLC. • Represented Arminius in a sale of assets to Mistras Group, Inc. • Represented Edge Testing and Inspection, Inc. in a sale of assets to Conam Inspection and Engineering Services, Inc. • Represented a private company in acquiring Suzuki, Isuzu and Subaru car dealerships in Ontario, California. • Represented Acacia Research Corporation in a $55 million merger with CombiMatrix Corporation and the creation of two new classes of publicly traded stock in connection with that merger. • Represented a software company in a $13 million private placement led by Goldman Sachs, CMGI and Benchmark Capital Partners. • Represented Anworth Mortgage Asset Corporation in three public offerings of its common stock raising over $212 million, a $4 million private placement, a shelf registration for $200 million, and a merger transaction to become internally managed. • Represented underwriter Credit Suisse First Boston in a $358 million public stock offering by Newport Corporation. • Represented Avamar Technologies, Inc. in a $13 million venture capital financing led by Goldman Sachs, CMGI and Benchmark Capital Partners. • Represented Stone Canyon Venture Partners, LP, a small business investment company, in two private placements raising over $28 million in equity. • Represented a real estate investment fund in a private placement of $25 million. • Represented Horizon Photonics, Inc. in a $35 million merger with LightPath Technologies, Inc. • Represented a Fortune 500 company in resolving a dispute with a major telecommunications provider and negotiating and drafting a new telecommunications services agreement valued at over $18 million. • Represented a Fortune 500 company in negotiating and drafting agreements for software development. • Represented public and private companies in trademark registrations and resolving intellectual property infringement disputes. • Represented public and private companies in negotiating and drafting employment agreements with senior executives. • Represented a high-tech company in negotiating and drafting a separation and settlement agreement with its founder.

Contact Corporate Attorney Matt Sumrow

Call our office at (949) 468-3204 to schedule an initial strategic consultation with Business Lawyer Matt Sumrow. We offer this meeting free of charge to discuss your situation and explore how Matt’s experience and knowledge can help you achieve your business goals.