Matt’s focus is on representing real estate developers in connection with complex transaction structures and financings. His practice involves all aspects of commercial real estate, including acquisitions, dispositions, leasing, financing and development. He represents regional and national real estate developers in connection with a variety of office, retail, hotel, industrial, multi-family, condominium, time share, data center and mixed-use developments as well as cell tower companies, mineral and aggregate companies and Fortune 500 international corporations in connection with real estate transactions throughout the country. Some of Matt’s notable projects include:
- Represented State building authority in connection with the development, construction and leasing of Lucas Oil Stadium ($600MM+) and Indiana Convention Center expansion ($275MM+)
- Represented the Indiana Pacers in connection with negotiation of long term extensions of operating agreements for Gainbridge Fieldhouse, including public operating support, a $360MM expansion and related rated debt issuance
- Represented the Indiana Pacers in connection with the development, construction and leasing of a basketball training and sports medicine facility in downtown Indianapolis
- Represented Fortune 50 company in connection with three large scale data center developments in the State of Indiana
- Represented developer of $230MM mixed-use ground leased project in Nashville, TN with luxury hotel component, including condominium declaration, mortgage financing, senior and junior mezzanine financing and EB-5 financing.
- Represented developer in connection with $100MM mixed-use development in Over-the-Rhine, Cincinnati, OH, including joint venture, syndicated construction financing and mezzanine financing.
Matt was born in Mishawaka, Indiana and graduated from Purdue University in 1999. Prior to law school, he worked in the commercial lending industry for Conseco Finance. He obtained his juris doctorate from Washington University School of Law in St. Louis in 2003 where he earned Order of the Coif.
Matt is an avid St. Louis Blues fan and after a very long wait is still basking in the glory of their first Stanley Cup Championship in 2019.