W. Matthew "Matt" Robinson represents domestic and foreign businesses in connection with corporate structuring/formation, asset/equity purchase and sale transactions, and venture capital financings. He advises individual and corporate clients in complex private placement transactions involving Regulation D/S in various industries, including but not limited to emerging technology, real estate, automotive, and international consumer sales.

Matt has significant experience representing both companies and investors across the venture capital lifecycle, from seed and early-stage financings through later rounds and ultimate disposition (e.g., acquisitions or other exits). He routinely handles SAFEs, convertible notes, and preferred equity financings, ensuring compliance with securities regulations while aligning the strategic and economic goals of founders and investors.

Matt also advises sellers and buyers in M&A transactions across a wide range of industries, carefully addressing tax considerations, regulatory requirements, and business objectives. This includes the acquisition of powersports dealerships in Florida and purchases of automotive dealerships throughout the Northeast, where he navigates franchised dealership issues, negotiates purchase agreements, manages real estate acquisitions and commercial leasing, and provides regulatory guidance. He additionally serves as general corporate counsel for automotive clients, advising on day-to-day governance, commercial contracts, manufacturer relationships, and strategic planning.

Beyond the automotive sphere, Matt’s background spans food and beverage, technology, healthcare, manufacturing, consumer goods, and notably, real estate. He has extensive experience representing sponsors and limited partners in real estate development joint ventures, co-GP investments, and assists clients with preparing and negotiating corporate and related documentation for these transactions. His ample real estate M&A, debt, and equity financing experience ensures he can structure deals effectively to meet both short-term and long-term objectives.

Matt counsels clients on, and negotiates, the full spectrum of transactional real estate documents—including mortgage consolidations, mortgage modifications, purchase/sale agreements, lease agreements, title documents, operating agreements, and partnership agreements. He also prepares and negotiates primary and ancillary corporate documents, such as stockholder agreements, SAFEs, convertible notes, executive employment agreements, vesting agreements, employee confidentiality and proprietary rights agreements, consulting agreements, terms of service, and service agreements, among others.

Taken together, Matt’s practice offers strategic, practical legal counsel from formation to financing and, ultimately, exit—enabling him to guide clients through every stage of their business or real estate ventures.