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W. Matthew Strock

713.758.3452 mstrock@velaw.com

Work Department

Mergers & Acquisitions and Private Equity

Position

Partner

Career

Matt Strock is the co-head of V&E’s Mergers & Acquisitions and Capital Markets practice and is a member of the firm’s Management Committee.

Matt advises private equity firms and their portfolio companies on investments, acquisitions, financings and divestitures. His clients are engaged in a wide range of industry sectors including midstream, upstream, oilfield services, manufacturing and technology.

Drawing on two decades of experience, Matt takes a commercial approach to his practice, focusing on legal issues that are critical to his clients’ meeting their business objectives.

Top Tier Firm Rankings

• Government > Government relations
• Energy > Energy regulation: oil and gas
• Energy > Energy transactions: oil and gas
• Energy > Renewable/alternative power
• M&A/corporate and commercial > Shareholder activism

Firm Rankings

• Finance > Capital markets: high-yield debt offerings
• Energy > Energy litigation: oil and gas
• Government > Government contracts
• Finance > Project finance
• Transport > Aviation and air travel: finance
• Finance > Capital markets: debt offerings
• Finance > Capital markets: equity offerings
• Antitrust > Cartel
• Real estate > Construction (including construction litigation)
• Labor and employment > Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: transactional
• Energy > Energy regulation: electric power
• Environment > Environment: litigation
• Environment > Environment: regulatory
• Environment > Environment: transactional
• Tax > International tax
• Antitrust > Merger control
• Real estate > Real estate investment trusts (REITs)
• Dispute resolution > Securities litigation: defense
• Tax > US taxes: non-contentious
• Antitrust > Civil litigation/class actions: defense
• Energy > Energy transactions: electric power
• Dispute resolution > International arbitration
• Dispute resolution > M&A litigation: defense
• M&A/corporate and commercial > Private equity buyouts: large deals ($500m+)
• Real estate > Real estate
• Finance > Restructuring (including bankruptcy): corporate
• Industry focus > Sport
• Tax > US taxes: contentious
• Dispute resolution > General commercial disputes
• M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: large deals ($1bn+)
• Dispute resolution > Leading trial lawyers
• Dispute resolution > Appellate: courts of appeals / Appellate: supreme courts (states and federal)
• Finance > Commercial lending
• Dispute resolution > Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense
• Real estate > Land use/zoning