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A&O Shearman Offices
111 CONGRESS AVENUE SUITE 1700
AUSTIN, TEXAS, 78701
TEXAS
United States
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Mr J. Matthew Lyons
Work Department
Emerging Growth
Position
Matt Lyons is Head of the Austin Office of Shearman & Sterling LLP. He represents public and private companies, venture and private equity funds, emerging growth companies, and entrepreneurs in public and private offerings, mergers, acquisitions and divestitures, and issues related to business formation, operation, executive compensation and corporate governance.
Memberships
Hicks, Muse, Tate & Furst Center for Private Equity Finance, Advisory Board
The University of Texas Venture Fellows MBA Program, Board of Directors and Mentor
Rice Alliance for Technology and Entrepreneurship, Advisory Board
Texas Bar Foundation, Fellow
Education
J.D.- The University of Texas School of Law
B.A.- The University of Texas at Austin
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Dispute resolution > Securities litigation: defense
- Dispute resolution > Financial services litigation
- Dispute resolution > M&A litigation: defense
- Dispute resolution > Securities litigation: defense
- Dispute resolution > Financial services litigation
- Dispute resolution > M&A litigation: defense
- Finance > Project finance
- Energy > Renewable/alternative power
- Dispute resolution > Securities litigation: defense
Firm Rankings
- Finance > Capital markets: debt offerings
- Finance > Capital markets: global offerings
- Finance > Capital markets: high-yield debt offerings
- Antitrust > Civil litigation/class actions: defense
- Labor and employment > Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: transactional
- Environment > Environment: transactional
- Tax > Financial products
- Dispute resolution > Financial services litigation
- Dispute resolution > General commercial disputes
- Dispute resolution > International litigation
- Tax > International tax
- Dispute resolution > M&A litigation: defense
- Finance > Structured finance: derivatives and structured products
- Finance > Structured finance: securitization
- Tax > US taxes: non-contentious
- Finance > Capital markets: equity offerings
- Energy > Energy transactions: oil and gas
- Antitrust > Merger control
- Real estate > Real estate finance
- Antitrust > Cartel
- Antitrust > Cartel
- Energy > Energy regulation: electric power
- Energy > Energy transactions: electric power
- Finance > Fintech
- M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: large deals ($1bn+)
- Investment fund formation and management > Mutual/registered/exchange-traded funds
- Media, technology and telecoms > Outsourcing
- Real estate > Real estate
- Media, technology and telecoms > Technology transactions
- Tax > US taxes: contentious
- Dispute resolution > International arbitration
- Investment fund formation and management > Private equity funds (including venture capital)
- Finance > Restructuring (including bankruptcy): corporate
- Finance > Commercial lending
- Dispute resolution > Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense
- Finance > Financial services regulation
- Intellectual property > Patents: litigation (full coverage)