Atty. Matthew Whited
Matt Whited advises private equity sponsors and public and private companies on significant corporate transactions, including mergers and acquisitions, leveraged buyouts, joint ventures, GP-led secondaries, and other corporate and transactional matters. Matt has deep mergers and acquisitions experience, having handled multiple large-scale transactions in diversified industries, on both the buyer and seller-side.
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Matthew Whited is a Shareholder based in Chicago, Illinois, practicing at Greenberg Traurig, LLP. They have 12+ years of legal experience, licensed to practice since 2014. Their practice focuses on business and m&a. Admitted to practice in Illinois (2014). Educated at Columbia Law School (J.D. Harlan, 2014) and University of Southern California (B.A., 2011). Serands clients in Chicago, IL and the surrounding metropolitan area.
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- Matt Whited advises private equity sponsors and public and private companies on significant corporate transactions, including mergers and acquisitions, leveraged buyouts, joint ventures, GP-led secondaries, and other corporate and transactional matters
- Matt has deep mergers and acquisitions experience, having handled multiple large-scale transactions in diversified industries, on both the buyer and seller-side
- He also has significant experience representing private equity sponsors in GP-led secondaries and continuation fund transactions
- Prior to joining the firm, Matt was a partner in the M&A and Private Equity practices of Kirkland & Ellis in Chicago
- Concentrations • Mergers and acquisitions • Private equity • Continuation funds
- GP-led secondaries • General corporate Experience Representative Matters • Represented Bain Capital in its $5.3 billion leveraged buyout of consulting firm Guidehouse.° • Represented Bain Capital portfolio company American Trailer World in the divestiture of its TexTrail business.° • Represented GTCR portfolio company Resonetics in its $200 million acquisition of FISO Technologies, Inc.° • Represented GTCR portfolio company Antylia Scientific in the $2.9 billion divestiture of its Masterflex bioprocessing business.° • Represented Aterian Investment Partners in its leveraged buyout of Stein Fibers.° • Represented ParkerGale in its stock-for-stock sale of CultureIQ to Perceptyx, Inc.° • Represented AEA Investors in multiple continuation fund transactions.° • Represented Beecken Petty O’Keefe & Company in its $425 million continuation fund formation and acquisition of five health care services companies previously held by BPOC Fund IV.° • Represented The Dow Chemical Company in the $630 million divestiture of its marine and terminal business.° • Represented The Dow Chemical Company in the $320 million divestiture of its rail transport business.° • Represented Sansiri Public Company Limited in its acquisition of a controlling interest in Standard International (the owner of The Standard brand hotels), valuing the company at over $100 million.° • Represented Nicholas Residential in its $200 million acquisition of a Texas-based real estate investment trust.° • Represented global agribusiness company in multiple acquisitions in the seeds industry.° °The above representations were handled by Mr. Whited prior to his joining Greenberg Traurig, LLP. Internships • Legal Intern, U.S
- Department of the Treasury, Office of the Assistant General Counsel for International Affairs, 2014 • Page, U.S
- House of Representatives, 2006
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