Matt Perkins counsels business owners, senior management, boards of directors and strategic and financial investors regarding significant business transactions and business decisions. His practice emphasizes mergers, acquisitions, dispositions, private equity and debt transactions, mezzanine and senior lending and restructurings, technology licensing and transfers and similar corporate transactions. 

Matt has practical experience handling business transactions in a broad spectrum of industries, including software, cable and satellite television, telecommunications, internet and ecommerce, manufacturing, building materials, construction, distribution and transportation, energy, semi-conductors, wholesale and retail, insurance, restaurants and food services, consumer products, and business and financial services.

His transactional experience includes deals ranging in size from $1 million to hundreds of millions of dollars, including mergers, acquisitions and dispositions, leveraged buy-outs, management buy-outs, corporate spin-offs, industry consolidations, early-stage financing, debt financing and securities offerings.   His practice also includes structuring transactions, business formation (including LLCs), board of director representation, intellectual property licensing and technology transfers, equity and other incentive plans (including senior management compensation), and managing commercial litigation for business clients.

Matt has been practicing law since graduating from Boston University School of Law with honors in 1990.  Matt is licensed to practice in Florida and Colorado, and prior to joining Davis Graham & Stubbs in 2008, he previously practiced with Holland & Knight in Florida (1990 – 1992), Ballard Spahr (Denver) (1992 – 1996) and Jacobs Chase (Denver) (1996 – 2008).  Prior to law school, Matt was a Certified Public Accountant in the audit and tax groups of Deloitte Haskins & Sells’ (n/k/a Deloitte & Touche) Los Angeles office where he gained a strong background in financial accounting and tax matters.  Matt has acted as an arbitrator and serves as an advisor to various boards of directors, entrepreneurs, and investors.

Representative Experience

Matt has over twenty years experience representing clients in a broad array of transactions in various industries.  A summary of industries and client experience is provided below and a list of representative transactions is set forth below. 

A few examples of noted work over the years include:

• Invidi Technologies Corporation (www.invidi.com), the leading provider of addressable advertising software solutions for the cable, satellite, telco and IPTV television industry.  Invidi’s investors include WPP/GroupM, Google, Experian, Motorola, Menlo Ventures, InterWest Partners, EnerTech Capital, Westbury Partners and other strategic and financial investors.  Matt and his team have represented Invidi since its initial capitalization in its private equity financings, software licensing, intellectual property strategy and strategic partner transactions (including transactions with Google, WPP/GroupM, Experian, Motorola, DISH, DirecTV, Verizon and others).  In addition to corporate representation, Matt’s role includes managing Invidi’s intellectual property portfolio, licensing programs and general corporate matters.
• J2 Partners (www.j2partners.com), Kachi Partners (www.kachipartners.com) and affiliates, a group of private equity investors in various mergers, acquisitions, dispositions, and investments, including:
• Genesee A&B in its purchase of assets of TriStar Manufacturing
• ISS Holdings in its stock purchase of Instrument Sales and Service
• Decisioneering in its merger with Hyperion Solutions Corporation/Oracle
• Kenrich Holdings in its stock purchase of Genesee Stamping and Fabricating
• Robinson Brick Company during its rapid organic growth and growth through acquisitions, and its eventual sale to General Shale, a Wienerberger Company.  Matt and his team handled all legal aspects of the company’s acquisitions and general corporate matters.  Transactions: Robinson Sold, With Lawyer's Help
• Corporate Express, Inc. during its rapid growth in the 1990’s and early 2000’s.  Matt was part of a team that handled the legal aspects of Corporate Express’s mergers and acquisitions activity and its private and public equity offerings and debt transactions.  Corporate Express engaged in dozens of acquisitions before its eventual sale to Buhrman International. 

Representative client and Industry Experience

Matt’s client experience includes the following companies

and industries:

Technology, Media, Telecommunications and Related:

Invidi Technologies Corporation, CoreSite, Telvent Miner & Miner, Ironscope, Sequoia Voting Systems, Spectra Logic, Decisioneering, Across Media Networks, Rocky Mountain Internet, Dii Group/Flextronics International, Employment News, CAD Potential, Information Management Resources and Turnkey Solutions

Private Equity/Buyout Firms and Similar Investment Funds:

J2 Partners, Kachi Partners, Summit Investment Management, Yorkshire Equity, Gallagher Industries, Colorado Investment Capital, Colorado Financial Holdings, Bace Industries, Baceline Investments, Equity Real Estate Management and Founders Investment Group

Subordinated Debt and Senior Debt Providers:

Stonehenge Growth Capital, Silicon Valley Bank, BBVA Compass, Vectra Bank Colorado, U.S. Bank, KeyBank National Association, Wells Fargo Commercial Banking, Colorado State Bank & Trust, N.A. and Colorado Business Bank

Manufacturing, Construction and Building Materials:

The Genesee Group, Mikron Corporation, Metron, SlimRock, Intertech Plastics, Instrument Sales & Services, Catamount Constructors, Jim Black Construction, Robinson Brick Company, ElectriTek-AVT, Cable Designs & Manufacturing, Woods Restoration Services and COCAT

Consumer Products, Hospitality, Retail and Food Services:

Little Pub Company, Udi’s Granola, Freshies Food Corporation, commotion Fresh Foods, Just Because Baskets and Beyond, Brothers Gourmet Coffees, Pic ‘N Save, Intrawest Corporation, Noodles & Company, Pay-N-Save Companies, MyChelle Natural Skin Care, Edge Products and Adrenaline Powersports

Distribution and Transportation:

Trans American Rubber, Corporate Express, Black Hawk Freight Company and Best-Value Textiles

Energy, Oil and Gas, Mining and Related Services:

Real Goods Solar, G&S Services Company, Laney Directional Drilling, Western Airnergy Partners, NextGen Power Systems, Optigas, Solucar, FMC Corporation and Integrated Petroleum Technologies

Medical, Health, Insurance and Related:

Braun Biosystems, Texas E.R. Medical Billing, Network Insurance Services, Henderson Insurance Agency, Capital Associates, Elekon Industries, S&S Chemicals, Kimball Genetics, Environmental Resource Associates, and Colorado Gastroenterology, Prof.

Representative Transactions

Matt typically acts as a team leader and relationship manager for client transactions and projects.  Representative transactional experience includes the following:

·         Invidi Technologies Corporation in its equity financing offerings with Google, Experian, GroupM and Motorola, as well as numerous technology licensing and transfer transactions and its intellectual property protection program. Invidi is a leading provider of addressable advertising software systems for the cable, satellite and telco television industry, and its investors also include Menlo Ventures, InterWest Partners, EnerTech Capital and Westbury Partners.  Software licensing transactions include deployments with DISH, DirecTV, Verizon and Comcast (test), as well as other licensing arrangements with Motorola, Google, GroupM and others.

·         Udi’s Granola, LLC and Udi’s Healthy Foods, LLC, in their sale of membership interests.  Udi’s engages in the business of producing, wholesale distribution and marketing of granola, cereal and gluten-free baked goods.

·         Genesee A&B, Inc., a Tennessee corporation, in its acquisition of assets of Best - Foam Fabricators, Inc., an Illinois corporation.  Genesee specializes in light to medium gauge precision metal components for fabricated or stamped metal components in prototypes, fabrications, short run, medium volume, or mass production quantities.

·         St. Christopher Holdings, Inc., a Delaware corporation, in its stock purchase of Instrument Sales & Service, Inc., an Oregon corporation.  ISS is a diversified manufacturing, re-manufacturing and distribution company offering turnkey supply chain solutions for the automotive and capital equipment industries.

·         SlimRock, LLC, a Colorado limited liability company, in its purchase of assets of Cedar Ridge Quarries, LLC, an Arkansas limited liability company.  SlimRock is a supplier of high quality natural stones from the Arkansas River Valley in Ozark, Arkansas.

·         Lore International Institute, Inc., a Colorado corporation, in is sale of stock to Korn/Ferry International, a Delaware corporation.  Lore International is an industry leader in executive recruitment.

·         Texas E.R. Medical Billing, Inc., a Texas corporation, in its sale of assets to Medical Consultants, Inc., an Oklahoma corporation.  TERM provides revenue cycle management services for hospital based emergency physicians, as well as coding, billing and reimbursement services.

·         Bank financing transactions and restructurings – various middle market loans, credit facilities, restructurings, workouts and recapitalizations for lenders, including U.S. Bank, Wells Fargo, KeyBank, National Association, BBVA Compass, Vectra Bank, Silicon Valley Bank, Colorado Business Bank and others.

·         The purchaser of Laney Directional Drilling, a specialty drilling company, which services the pipeline industry.  Laney Directional Drilling specializes in directional drilling for pipelines, utility lines and conduit for fiber optic cables.

·         The stockholders of ElectriTek-AVT, Inc. (Denver) a manufacturer of custom-designed integrated battery assemblies, in its partial sale and recapitalization transaction with Inverness Capital Partners, LP (Philadelphia).

·         The shareholders of Decisioneering, Inc., a Denver based software company, in its merger with Hyperion Solutions Corporation, based in Santa Clara, California.

·         Robinson Brick Company in its $120 million stock sale to Wienerberger A.G. and its U.S. subsidiary, General Shale Brick, Inc.

·         Optigas, Inc., a midstream natural gas pipeline operator, in its private equity investments by Kelso Investment Associates and its $85 million stock sale to Ceritas Holdings, LP. RBC Capital Markets Corporation.

·         The shareholders of Environmental Resource Associates, a Colorado corporation, in their $66 million stock sale to Waters Technologies Corporation. Environmental Resource Associates is the industry leader in providing standards for laboratory certification and provides a total solution for the quality control and proficiency testing needs of environmental and pharmaceutical laboratories.

·         The shareholders of Colorado Catastrophe & Restoration, Inc. dba COCAT in their partial sale and recapitalization with Progress Equity Partners Ltd. (Dallas). COCAT is one of the largest regional general contractors delivering comprehensive disaster restoration services.

·         Solucar, Inc., a U.S. subsidiary of Solucar Energia, S.A., in its acquisition of Industrial Solar Technology Corporation, a Colorado based company, which is a leader in commercial applications for solar energy.

·         Stonehenge Capital Company, LLC in its investment in Hydro-X, LLC, a company engaged in the sale, distribution, leasing and servicing of equipment for hydro-excavating activities.

·         The senior management team of Metron in their management buyout of Metron’s business from the company’s largest shareholder. Metron manufactures fire pump controls, power distribution equipment and packaged pump systems.

·         Miner and Miner, Consulting Engineers in its sale of stock to Telvent GIT, S.A.  Miner and Miner provides engineering services for the utility industry, including GIS enterprise solution technology and is a supplier of software solutions to energy and water/wastewater utilities and municipalities around the world.

·         Intrawest Corporation in its stock sale of the Mammoth Ski Resort to Starwood Capital Group in a transaction valued at approximately $365 million.

·         Future Beef Operations in its $50 million equity offering and its acquisition of assets of Prairieland Processors.

·         DII Semiconductor in its asset purchase of Aspect Technology and SIS Microelectronics.

·         The DII Group in its sale of assets to Hewlett-Packard Company and DOVatron International.

·         Language Management International in its sale of assets to Berlitz International.

·         Corporate Express in its (i) acquisition of Hermann Marketing, (ii) issuance of convertible subordinated notes, (iii) stock purchase of ASAP Software Express, (iv) acquisition of Richard Young Journal, (v) $300 million public company merger with U.S. Delivery and (vi) dozens of other acquisitions and related financings and corporate matters.

·         Rocky Mountain Internet in its purchase of assets from Unicom Communications.

Other Professional

 Certified Public Accountant – California (currently inactive)