MacElree Harvey recently appointed Matthew “Matt” Cooper, to Partner.

Cooper joined MacElree Harvey as an Associate Attorney in 2020, concentrating his practice on assisting corporate clients with various business and legal issues such as entity formation, commercial transactions, business reorganizations, and private financings. Cooper’s experience includes counseling business entities ranging from startup companies to middle-market corporations through all stages of the business life cycle. He also represents lending institutions and borrowers in secured and unsecured commercial lending transactions, including asset-based financings and mortgage loans, from preparation of the initial loan documentation to loan restructurings and modifications.

Cooper began his career in the Washington, D.C. office of an Am Law 100 firm, where he counseled management and boards of directors of private and public companies in navigating legal challenges while facilitating their compliance with current and future laws and regulations. He is a seasoned adviser on SEC disclosure and financial reporting rules and best practices for public companies, corporate governance, commercial lending, fund formation, and capital-raising/strategic transactions.

Cooper graduated summa cum laude from Virginia Tech with his B.A. in Political Science. While at Virginia Tech, he was a member of Phi Beta Kappa, the nation’s oldest academic honor society, and Omicron Delta Kappa, the national leadership society. He earned his J.D. from William & Mary Law School, where he served on the “William & Mary Business Law Review” and as a member of the school’s Alternative Dispute Resolution Team.

Cooper serves on the Board of Trustees at the West Chester Public Library and is a member of both the Greater West Chester Chamber of Commerce and the Southern Chester County Chamber of Commerce. He is a member of the Pennsylvania Bar Association, Maryland Bar Association, District of Columbia Bar Association, American Bar Association, and Chester County Bar Association.

A few of Cooper’s notable representations include the following:

Mergers and Acquisitions

• Represented, as securities counsel, an NYSE-listed client in its $2.7 billion sale (cash and stock consideration) to another NYSE-listed company; securities registered on Form S-4.
• Represented NYSE-listed and Fortune 100 client in its $62 million purchase of an equity ownership percentage in a leading media streaming company.
• Represented Seller in the $18 million sale of a leading automotive finance and insurance development company.
• Represented Seller in $42.5 million asset sale of industry leader’s pool/spa products and chemicals business.
• Represented Chester County Distillery in its $1.2 million private placement offering of securities under Regulation Crowdfunding.

Business and Commercial Lending Transactions

• Represented, as securities counsel, an OTC-listed client in their Chapter 11 bankruptcy and accompanied the $6.7 million asset sale and winding-down process.
• Represented an OTC-listed client in a restructuring transaction, providing for the satisfaction and extinguishment of debt obligations under an existing credit agreement and the issuance of $3 million in new capital.
• Represented a bank in their secured $1.5 million capital call line of credit to a private fund.
• Represented a bank in their $10.25 million asset-based loan secured by three separate state mortgages to finance the construction and installation of a geothermal energy facility.

Securities

• Represented NASDAQ-listed client as lead counsel to the issuer in its $375 million Rule 144A/Regulation S offering of senior notes and related guarantees from certain subsidiaries.
• Represented 501(c)(3) corporation in borrowing $163 million in sustainability bonds to fundraise the construction, development, and implementation of new and existing structural improvements to one of the country’s premier horticultural display gardens.
• Represented OTC-listed client in obtaining $20 million equity line of credit with securities registered on Form S-1.
• Represented a private fund client in its $16 million offering of membership interests for the development, construction, and operation of a residential real estate project in Denver, Colorado.
• Represented private fund client in its $20 million offering of subscription units for fund’s strategic investments in multi-family rental homes located throughout Southern California through the EB-5 program.
• Represented private fund client in its $25 million offering of subscription units for the fund’s targeted investments in one of the U.S. Treasury Department’s Qualified Opportunity Zones with a focus on start-up businesses in the internet infrastructure, cellular coverage, and green technology spaces.

Learn more about Cooper and how MacElree Harvey takes a relationship-based approach with its dedicated lawyers who partner with clients to develop long-term relationships, getting to know them, their businesses, and their goals on a deep level — all while advocating for them and helping them grow.