Matthew Cooper is an attorney in MacElree Harvey’s Business Department. Matthew counsels business entities ranging from startup companies to middle market corporations through all stages of the business life cycle. His practice includes assisting corporate clients with a variety of business and legal issues such as entity formation, commercial transactions, business reorganizations and private financings. Matthew also represents lending institutions and borrowers in secured and unsecured commercial lending transactions, including asset-based financings and mortgage loans, from the preparation of initial loan documentation to loan restructurings and modifications.

Matthew 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.

Matthew graduated summa cum laude from Virginia Tech with his B.A. in Political Science. During his time 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. Matthew 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. Matthew is admitted to practice law in Pennsylvania, Maryland and Washington, D.C.