Phone: 949-468-3204
General Business Practices
Mergers & Acquisitions
Industry Experience
Law Office of Matt Sumrow
575 Anton Boulevard
Suite 750
Costa Mesa, CA 92626
Phone: 949-468-3204
Fax: 866-471-4537
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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.
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