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Matthew Kohen

Matthew Kohen

Shaw Lewenz LLP

Shaw Lewenz LLP

United States • Miami Elite

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Corporate and M&A

Matthew Kohen chairs the business transaction practice at Shaw Lewenz LLP and is well-versed in a range of corporate and financing matters, including mergers and acquisitions, debt financings, and public security offerings. Kohen represents a range of clients from startups to large enterprises across the home services, IT and finance industries, with a focus on middle-market corporations.
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Phone
9545956073
Email
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Accolades

Miami Elite

Profile

Work Department
Business Transactions Practice Group
Position

Partner and Chair

Career

Matthew E. Kohen is a Partner and Chair of the firm’s Business Transactions Practice Group. He focuses his practice on the representation of companies, investors, and funds in complex capital raising, merger, acquisition, and investment transactions. His corporate, investor, and investment fund clients operate in a wide variety of industries, including technology, financial services, and supply chain and logistics.

Through his experience in a unique variety of transactions, Mr. Kohen has represented public and private companies in a various industries in transactional matters, including public securities offerings (SPACs, warrant tender offers), debt financings (negotiation of significant credit facilities and corporate debt offerings), private equity transactions (recapitalizations, leveraged buyouts), mergers & acquisitions, and various general corporate and capital formation matters for startup and growth companies (SAFEs, convertible notes, equity financings, joint ventures). Due to the variety and sophistication of the transactions handled by Mr. Kohen, he is able to identify the often-unforeseen risks associated with complex and unique deals.

Mr. Kohen is also a leading expert in blockchain and digital currencies. He has counseled some of the industry’s leading companies and investors on matters involving core developer fiduciary duties, anti-trust laws in connection with blockchain “forks”, and risk mitigation for users and maintainers of smart contracts. Mr. Kohen is a sought-after commentator on the rapidly-developing legal and compliance landscape for financial technology companies and has been featured in numerous publications such as The Daily Business Review, American Banker, Law360, ABA Journal, CoinDesk, CoinTelegraph, and The Regulatory Review. He is also the co-author of the leading treatise on state regulations affecting virtual currencies, published quarterly by Thomson Reuters.

Languages
English
Memberships
Member, Northwest-Progresso-Flagler Heights Community Redevelopment Agency Advisory Board   Past Innovation Committee Chairman, Young Alumni Board of the University of Miami Law Alumni Association Board of Directors   Past Vice Chairman, Fort Lauderdale Community Appearance Board   Former Member, Leadership Academy Board of Dade Legal Aid Society
Education

University of Miami, J.D., Magna Cum Laude

American University, B.A. Communications, Legal Institutions, Economics, Government (C.L.E.G.) & Political Science

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