Biography
Matthew is an Associate in the Firm’s Global Intellectual Property (IP) practice, based in London.
Matthew advises international and UK-based clients across a range of sectors (including media and entertainment, technology, FMCG and financial services) on intellectual property and technology matters in the context of M&A transactions and commercial projects. His practice includes advising on the IP and technology aspects of cross-border M&A transactions, joint ventures, PE investments, complex carve-outs and business separations, and negotiating commercial agreements involving the acquisition, development and licensing of intellectual property, technology and data.
Before joining White & Case, Matthew was an associate at a magic circle law firm in Sydney, Australia. Prior, he trained in a large New Zealand law firm’s intellectual property and technology team.
Experience
Advising Smiths Group Plc, the UK-based industrial technology company and a member of the FTSE 100, on the IP and separation aspects of its sale of the Smiths Interconnect division to Molex Electronic Technologies Holdings, LLC for an enterprise value of £1.3 billion.
Advising CVC Capital Partners on the IP aspects of its acquisition of Animal Nutrition & Health from dsm-firmenich via a carve-out transaction for an enterprise value of €2.2 billion.
Advising Rimac Group and Bugatti Rimac on the IP aspects of the sale by Porsche of its stakes in the group to an international consortium led by HOF Capital.
Advising Smiths Group Plc, the UK-based industrial technology company and a member of the FTSE 100, on the IP and separation aspects of its sale of the Smiths Detection division to CVC Capital Partners for an enterprise value of £2 billion.
Advising Alinta Energy on the IP and separation aspects of its sale of generation assets in the Pilbara to APA Group for circa AUD $1.7 billion.*
Advising Asahi Australia on an AUD $200 million digital transformation program engaging multiple strategic technology vendors as part of an enterprise IT consolidation and hybrid cloud strategy.*
Advising Insignia Financial, the ASX listed superannuation and financial services provider, on the business process outsourcing of its Master Trust business to SS&C Technologies.*
Advising Dexus on the IP and separation aspects of its acquisition of AMP Capital’s Australian real estate and infrastructure platform, which had funds under management of circa AUD $28 billion.*
Advising Pacific Equity Partners on the IP aspects of its acquisition of Healthia Limited by scheme of arrangement for circa AUD $360 million.*
*Experience prior to joining White & Case.