Matthew S. Heiter is a shareholder in the Memphis office and is a member and the former Chair of the Firm's Securities/Corporate Governance Group. Mr. Heiter focuses his practice on public and private securities offerings, mergers and acquisitions, corporate governance and business planning and organization. Mr. Heiter's experience includes the representation of biotechnology and technology investors and companies. From December 1999 to June 2002, Mr. Heiter served as executive vice president and general counsel of a publicly held, NASDAQ traded technology company.
- Represented a non-traded, equipment leasing fund in connection with a $150 million initial public offering.
- Sale of publicly-traded, nonstandard automobile insurer to private equity consortium for $630 million.
- Represented the underwriter in an initial public offering of the common stock of a ready-mix cement manufacturer.
- Represented a national bank holding company in connection with the offering of subordinated debt and bank notes in excess of $6.0 billion.
- Represented a nonstandard automobile insurer in its initial public offering and registered follow-on stock offering.
- Represented seller of Mississippi River transportation company to strategic purchaser.
- Represented technology and other startup ventures in connection with investments from angel and venture capital investors.
- Represented biotech focused venture capital firm in connection with several investments in portfolio companies.
- "Who's Your Client? A Corporate Counsel's Dilemma," Memphis Bar Association, March 2010
- "The Art and Science of Due Diligence," Tennessee Society of Certified Public Accountants, November 2009
- "Doing Business in the United States," Sino-US Investment and Joint Development Seminar, Nanjing, China, March, 2008
- "Recent Developments in Derivative Actions: A Transactional Lawyer's Perspective," Aspatore Special Report – The Issue of Standing in Shareholder Derivative Lawsuits, Aspatore Books, 2008
- "Ethics and Compliance Programs," Tennessee Society of Certified Public Accountants, September, 2007
- "Private Placements," BDBCB University (in-house seminar), September, 2007
- "Outlining Securities Law," The Art and Science of Securities Law, Aspatore Books, September, 2005
- "Diverse Roles: The Venture Capital Lawyer and the Client," The Venture Capital Legal Handbook, Aspatore Books, April 2004
- "The Effects of Sarbanes-Oxley on Private Companies," "Compliance – The Key Post SOX," Sarbanes-Oxley Act in Tennessee (Lorman Education Services, multiple locations, 2004 – 2005)
- Listed in Chambers USA: America's Leading Business Lawyers in Corporate/M&A, 2010 – 2012
- Listed in Mid-South Super Lawyers, 2006 – 2008, 2010 – 2011
- Listed in The Best Lawyers in America® since 2005; Securities Law, Corporate Governance and Compliance Law, Corporate Law, Mergers and Acquisitions Law, Corporate Law, Leveraged Buyouts and Private Equity Law, Private Funds Law, and Venture Capital Law
- Named the Best Lawyers' 2012 Memphis Mergers & Acquisitions Law Lawyer of the Year
- Listed in Marquis Who’s Who in American Law since 2007
- Graduate – Leadership Academy, Masters Program, Memphis, Tennessee
- Recipient – "Top 40 Under 40" award from the Memphis Business Journal, which recognizes the top 40 professionals under the age of 40 in the Memphis and Mid-South community (1999)
- Vice Chair, Business Law Section, Memphis Bar Association, 2010
- Vanderbilt University School of Law, J.D., 1985
- University of Mississippi, B.A., 1982, summa cum laude